For decades, biologists treated DNA as a static string of letters, a linear code that cells read like text on a page. A new wave of research is forcing a rethink, showing that the three-dimensional ...

Scientists studying the difference between human and chimpanzee DNA have found one stretch of human DNA that can make the brains of mice grow significantly bigger. "It's likely to be one of many DNA ...

Mom and dad’s lifestyle may leave less of a mark on future generations than scientists have suspected. In the first weeks after conception, some of the cells in human embryos get their genetic ...

The 1950s are widely recognized as one of the most important decades in biology. This is, in large part, due to the discovery of the structure of DNA and the launch of the field of molecular biology.