(Alones Creative/iStock/Getty Images) One of the most iconic visual representations in biological science is the double helix – the twisting, twin-stranded ladder that defines the shape of DNA ...

Every living cell, from the simplest bacterium to a human neuron, relies on the same basic machinery to read, interpret, and use its DNA. This molecular machinery is so fundamental that life as we ...

Elizabeth Campbell studies the molecular machinery that all living cells use to read and transcribe their genetic instructions. Her lab is finding new ...

How does the cell convert DNA into working proteins? The process of translation can be seen as the decoding of instructions for making proteins, involving mRNA in transcription as well as tRNA. But ...

A new study from the laboratory of Gemma Carvill, Ph.D., associate professor in the Ken and Ruth Davee Department of ...

Michael Haffner, MD, PhD, and Kevin Cheung, MD, have recently been awarded multi-year research grants from the V Foundation ...

You’re probably familiar with the ‘blueprint’ metaphor for our genetic code: that within our DNA lies a set of instructions for making our bodies. Epigenetics tells us that the real world is more ...

This work describes a valuable method for monitoring pathogens using an innovative, field-deployable device that attracts animals and collects saliva on filter paper in a non-invasive manner. While ...

Transporting molecules across biological membranes is essential for life. In nature, this can occur through passive transport, known as diffusion. "Biological systems often use mechanical motion to ...

A newly mapped step in DNA replication suggests that strand separation begins at a precise junction between two helicase ...