dna Archives

Cells Use mRNA to Fight Disease and Stress

Scientists study role of mRNA and protein synthesis to overcome infections. This finding could lead to improved crops and medical treatments.

What parents eat impact their children. The diets of parents affect how their children’s genes work in a process called epigenetics.

Genes can be expressed in different ways, and new research suggests that exercise has a positive impact on gene expression and your health.

Scientists have crafted a cancer-fighting Trojan horse by making folded DNA and filling the tiny pockets with anti-cancer drugs.

Research into the evolution of giant viruses is helping scientists to understand and harness the viruses for innovative medical nanotechnology.

Biology Health

Special proteins in your blood have been identified by researchers for their role in activating stem cells to develop into healthy blood cells.

You can help collect data for studies of DNA by mailing researchers your dog’s saliva, samples of the forest floor, and even spiny anteater scat.

Another great video from our friend Dr. Joe Hanson and the team behind the video series It’s Okay to Be…

To understand how life began, we must look far back in time. Back to a time when RNA, not DNA, might have been the building block of life.

Using both T. rex and Elvis Presley, Helen Pilcher covers cutting-edge science in Bring Back the King: The New Science of De-extinction.