The laws of inheritance are quite unknown,” Charles Darwin acknowledged in 1859. The discovery of DNA’s shape altered how we ...

James D. Watson, whose co-discovery of the twisted-ladder structure of DNA in 1953 helped light the long fuse on a revolution ...

撰文丨王聪编辑丨王多鱼排版丨水成文逆转座子（Retrotransposon）通过 RNA 中间体复制并将其编码序列插入新的基因组位置，对基因组完整性构成风险。在人类中，唯一自主活跃的逆转座子是 LINE-1（long interspersed nuclear element–1），它通过靶标启动的逆转录（TPRT）入侵基因组。这一过程由 LINE-1 编码的 ORF2p ...

James Watson, who co-discovered the structure of DNA has died at age 97. He was a scientific superstar until he made racist ...

The co-discoverer of the structure of DNA helped to strengthen a US research institute and wrote a classic textbook, but also ...

The Department of Bioethics will host a talk with Charles Rotimi, scientific director of the National Human Genome Research Institute at the National Institutes of Health, Tuesday, Sept. 20, from 11 a ...

One hundred years after the heroic journey to Nome, scientists reveal how Balto's DNA explains his incredible endurance and health.

The breakthrough turned the Nobel Prize-winning biologist into a hallowed figure in the world of science. But he later faced ...

His decoding of the blueprint for life with Francis H.C. Crick made him one of the most important scientists of the 20th ...