A failed chemistry exam and a Nobel Prize for DNA repair: What Tomas Lindahl’s story gets right about talent

Once failed in high school chemistry due to a teacher’s judgement, Tomas Lindahl later reshaped the same discipline. Awarded the 2015 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his pioneering DNA repair research, ...
Oceana

Ask a Scientist: Can DNA give us clues about the ocean?

Oceana scientist Caitlynn Birch explains how environmental DNA, or eDNA, helps us understand and protect the oceans ...

A protein thought to play a supporting role in DNA replication actually facilitates the whole process

Every time a cell divides, it must copy its entire genome so that each daughter cell inherits a complete set of DNA. During ...
Scientific American

Google DeepMind unleashes new AI to investigate DNA’s ‘dark matter’

DeepMind’s AlphaGenome AI model could help solve the problem of predicting how variations in noncoding DNA shape gene ...

Cells' built-in capacity limit for copying DNA could impact cancer treatment

For almost 60 years, scientists have tried to understand why DNA doesn't replicate wildly and uncontrollably every time a ...

Researchers Are Using A.I. to Decode the Human Genome

AlphaGenome is a leap forward in the ability to study the human blueprint. But the fine workings of our DNA are still largely ...