"Our experiments showed that as DNA is pulled through the nanopore, the ionic flow inside twists the strand, accumulating torque and winding it into plectonemes, not just knots. This 'hidden ...

DNA doesn’t knot under stress. A new study finds it coils into plectonemes, reshaping models of genome mechanics. For decades ...

Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a new technology for measuring how ...

Recombinant protein therapy articles from across Nature Portfolio A recombinant protein therapy is produced through recombinant DNA technology, which involves inserting the DNA encoding the ...

Explore types of therapeutic proteins, design strategies and the production methods used in treating cancer, autoimmune diseases and more.

For decades, large stretches of human DNA were dismissed as "junk" and considered to serve no real purpose. In a new study ...

The remains of early 1,100 victims — 40% of those who died — are still unidentified. The attack killed 2,753 at the World Trade Center.

Scientists are unlocking the secrets of cocoa fermentation by designing microbial communities that can recreate the flavors ...

For decades, large stretches of human DNA were dismissed as “junk,” thought to serve no real purpose. In a new study in Cell ...

DNA helps Fairfax County police identify 4-year-old boy killed in 1972 Carl Matthew Bryant was the little boy found dead in Northern Virginia more than 50 years ago. A small sample of his hair ...

Three 9/11 victims’ remains have been newly identified, officials said this week, as evolving DNA technology keeps making gradual gains in the nearly quarter-century-long effort to return the ...