DNA makes RNA, RNA makes protein, protein makes phenotype—was the guiding framework for understanding inheritance and disease ...

No longer a mere assistant who carries out the commands of DNA, RNA takes the lead in emerging therapeutics.

In biology textbooks and beyond, the human genome and DNA therein typically are taught in only one dimension. While it can be ...

DNA methylation articles from across Nature Portfolio DNA methylation is the covalent addition of methyl groups to DNA bases, typically the cytosine of CpG dinucleotides.

He and a colleague proved a theory advanced by the Nobel Prize winners James Watson and Francis Crick, who discovered DNA’s ...

Adenosine deaminase 2 (ADA2) plays a critical role in immune regulation, particularly in monocyte differentiation and ...

Download this article to explore how scientists engaged in early cancer diagnostics research can maximize methylation ...

Franklin W. Stahl, an American molecular biologist whose landmark 1957-58 experiment with colleague Matthew Meselson revealed ...

Our cells' identity is shaped by DNA tags called methylation. New tech, scDEEP-mC, maps these tags in single cells with ...