An unusual DNA structure may hold the key to treating one of the deadliest cancers affecting women, which claims more than ...

Technical Terms Phosphodiester bond: The chemical linkage connecting nucleotide monomers in DNA and RNA, consisting of a phosphate group bonded to two esterified hydroxyl groups.

SMC (structural maintenance of chromosomes) protein complexes are ring-shaped molecular motors essential for genome folding. Despite recent progress, the detailed molecu ...

Imagine if you could "print" a tiny skyscraper using DNA instead of steel. That’s what researchers at Columbia and Brookhaven ...

When the Empire State Building was constructed, its 102 stories rose above midtown one piece at a time, with each individual element combining to become, for 40 years, the world's tallest building.