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Those 'DNA knots' weren't knots at all, and the truth is stranger

For decades, biology textbooks taught that DNA’s story could be told with a single image: two elegant strands twisting in a ...

Scientists Were Wrong for Decades: What Looked Like DNA Knots Turned Out To Be Something Far More Twisted

What scientists long believed were knots in DNA may actually be persistent twists formed during nanopore analysis, revealing ...
Science Daily

Cancer cells depend on a dangerous DNA repair trick

Researchers have discovered how cells activate a last-resort DNA repair system when severe damage strikes. When genetic ...
Research Matters

Beyond the Double Helix: How four-stranded DNA ‘knots’ helps proteins fold

Researchers have identified the specific structural loops in G-quadruplex DNA that allow it to act as a chaperone, preventing ...
New Atlas

No DNA evidence at crime scene? Protein analysis comes to the rescue

Your next favorite true crime podcast might have some new forensics jargon to make sense of. Researchers in Australia have developed a new way to identify humans – similar to how we do with DNA and ...