How DNA Is Unwound So That Its Code Can Be Read Date: November 28, 2008 Source: Scripps Research Institute Summary: Researchers have figured out how a macromolecular machine is able to unwind the ...

Scientists have unveiled incredible images of how the DNA code is read and interpreted -- revealing new detail about one of the fundamental processes of life.

Since then, scientists have moved beyond piecing together what DNA molecules look like to reading the entire genetic code that it stores, called genomes, in thousands of organisms.

DNA gives us the list of materials that make us human. Now we need to learn how to read the instructions that tell us how they are put together.

The advent of DNA sequencing in the 1980s changed the game. Now, by reading the genetic code that makes an organism what it is, scientists could glean new insights into species’ evolutionary ...

Unexpected slowdowns or spikes in this signal were often interpreted as knots in DNA. But now, a new study published Aug. 12 ...

Nanopore sequencing allows researchers to read the chemical letters of DNA like an announcer would read a ticker tape. This makes fast, cheap genetic-based diagnostics possible.

NEW YORK (AP) — Scientists are working to create yeast that operates with custom-made DNA. They have long been able to make specific changes in an organism's DNA. Now, they're pushing into the ...

This code is basically the language that cells use to read their DNA in order to translate their proteins, which are the molecular machines that perform most of life's functions.

Quantum physics could come to the aid of medical science thanks to a new technique for identifying DNA that utilizes the quantum effect of tunnelling. The method, developed by physicists in the US, ...

Scientists have unveiled incredible images of how the DNA code is read and interpreted – revealing new detail about one of the fundamental processes of life.