Scientists Were Wrong for Decades: What Looked Like DNA Knots Turned Out To Be Something Far More Twisted

What scientists long believed were knots in DNA may actually be persistent twists formed during nanopore analysis, revealing ...
eLife

A conserved Hsp70 phosphorylation regulates cell cycle progression after DNA damage

Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and the Institute for Neurodegenerative Diseases, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, United States ...
eLife

Fragile nucleosomes are essential for RNA Polymerase II to transcribe in eukaryotes

Nucleosomes are barriers to RNA Polymerase II (Pol II) transcribing along gene bodies in eukaryotes. We found that a fragile “tailless nucleosome” could be generated to resolve the Pol II pausing ...
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RNA splicing and processing genes emerge as central drivers of aging across tissues

A new research paper featured as the cover of Volume 17, Issue 12 of Aging-US was published on December 22, 2025, titled "A ...
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Those 'DNA knots' weren't knots at all, and the truth is stranger

For decades, biology textbooks taught that DNA’s story could be told with a single image: two elegant strands twisting in a ...

This Viral RNA Structure Could Lead to a Universal Antiviral Drug

Researchers identify a shared RNA-protein interaction that could lead to broad-spectrum antiviral treatments for ...

Can indigenous efforts at genome-edited crop breeding offer food security?

Restricted access to genome-editing technologies poses serious challenges for countries like India that urgently need such ...