Long-term, persistent weekly or more frequent cannabis smoking leaves a distinct and partially reversible epigenetic ...

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

A forensic scientist crouches down on a dirty factory floor. There’s a pool of blood, and they delicately dip a swab into it ...

In 2010, scientists found the first evidence of another hominin subspecies, known as the Danisovans. Now, they’ve identified ...

Using a 3D human skin model, they showed that C boosts thickness in the epidermal skin layer by activating genes linked to cell growth.

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

Scientists have uncovered a surprising survival strategy used by cancer cells that may help to explain how they adapt and keep growing even when nutrients are scarce and under metabolic stress.

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.

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