Scientists have discovered a way to target elusive circular fragments of DNA that drive the survival of some of the most aggressive cancers, paving the way for future treatments.

DNA catapults into spotlight. A trio of research papers from Stanford Medicine researchers and their international ...

Analysis of ancient DNA from the ashen casts of Pompeii victims changes presumed relationships between them, and reveals the ...

A trio of research papers from Stanford Medicine researchers and their international collaborators transforms scientists' understanding of how small DNA circles -; until recently dismissed as ...

Tiny circles called ecDNA are critical in cancer development and drug resistance. An international team publishes landmark studies detailing new findings and potential therapies.

A team of microbiologists and virologists at Wuhan University, working with colleagues from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, ...

New research finds that turtle genomes show a chromatin arrangement that hasn't been observed in other organisms.

A giant musk turtle is one of the two species of turtles studied by a research team led by Nicole Valenzuela, professor of ecology, evolution and organismal biology at Iowa State University, in a ...

A chemical in common-use plastics may cause DNA damage and infertility in women, a new Harvard Medical School study shows.