This narrated animation illustrates the process of protein synthesis, starting with chromosomal DNA inside the cell's nucleus. A gene is transcribed into messenger RNA, which leaves the nucleus and ...

More than 60 years after scientists made crucial discoveries about the structure of DNA, 20 students at Coretta Scott King Young Women’s Leadership Academy gained insight into some of the molecular ...

DNA. It's what makes you unique. Unless you have an identical twin, your DNA is different from that of every other person in the world. And that's what makes DNA fingerprinting possible. Experts can ...

This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article. Salman Rushdie recently caused controversy by bemoaning the lack of "rote learning" in schools. He spoke about the ...

As part of its educational outreach program, Brandeis scientists on Thursday showed a group of Waltham middle school teachers one way to make learning about DNA fun. It involves playing with small ...

DOVER, Del.– Genome analysis has become the latest frontier of research exploration at Delaware State University with the recent establishment of a DNA Core Center. The university said Monday that its ...

Ready for a world in which a $50 DNA test can predict your odds of earning a PhD or forecast which toddler gets into a selective preschool? Robert Plomin, a behavioral geneticist, says that’s exactly ...