Researchers unveil the inner mechanisms of the most intricate and complex molecular machine in human biology. Scientists at ...

In 79 A.D., a volcanic eruption engulfed a town’s residents. They weren’t all who scientists thought, newly extracted genetic ...

Think back to that basic biology class you took in high school. You probably learned about organelles, those little "organs" ...

The results of new DNA tests just dropped this week, and they prove that we don't know as much about Pompeii as we once ...

This new study probed the DNA evidence that has been taken from some of these bodies. The team used the same strontium ...

Membraneless organelles, also called biomolecular condensates, are changing how scientists think about protein chemistry, ...

The findings, which used DNA from the plaster casts of people who died in the Mt. Vesuvius eruption two millennia ago, ...

The results, published Nov. 7 in Current Biology, reveal that some of the stories told for decades about the individuals’ ...

When a volcanic eruption buried the ancient city of Pompeii, the last desperate moments of its citizens were preserved for ...

Scientists have discovered a way to target elusive circular fragments of DNA that drive the survival of some of the most aggressive cancers, paving the way for future treatments.

Tiny circles called ecDNA are critical in cancer development and drug resistance. An international team publishes landmark studies detailing new findings and potential therapies.

A trio of research papers from Stanford Medicine researchers and their international collaborators transforms scientists' understanding of how small DNA circles—until recently dismissed as ...