The DNA ingredients discovered on the asteroid Bennu by NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission suggest that life-building blocks exist ...

Scientists have detected organic compounds and minerals necessary for life in the samples collected by the OSIRIS-REx mission ...

NASA scientists found amino acids, key minerals, and nucleobases for DNA in samples from the OSIRIS-REx asteroid mission.

New research adds to our understanding of the function of the human genome. An international team of researchers has made ...

For decades, scientists dismissed transposable elements, also known as transposons or “jumping genes”, as useless “junk DNA”. But are they really? The early speculations of both McClintock ...

Transcription factors are proteins that can bind to DNA and affect the expression of genes; some are known as master regulators that can have a wide impact | Genetics And Genomics ...

when the RNA pol binds to the DNA upstream (5′) of the gene at a specialized sequence called a promoter (Figure 2a). In bacteria, promoters are usually composed of three sequence elements ...

Element Biosciences’ bid to claim a slice of a DNA sequencing technology market dominated by Illumina has been helped by an impressive $277 million financing round backed by a wide range of ...

Over half of our genomes consists of thousands of remnants of ancient viral DNA, known as transposable elements, which are widespread across the tree of life. Once dismissed as the 'dark side' of the ...

Over half of our genomes consists of thousands of remnants of ancient viral DNA, known as transposable elements, which are ...

New Delhi, DNA from ancient viruses that form a part of the human genome may be contributing in the early development of an embryo in the womb, according to a study. Ancient viral DNA, also called ...