Open-source software unlocks rapid DNA structure generation and analysis in one workflow

Computational chemists at the University of Amsterdam's Van 't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences have developed a ...
Phys.org

Researchers decode tertiary structure of DNA aptamer–ATP complex and improve binding affinity

DNA aptamers are powerful molecular tools in biosensing, bioimaging and therapeutics. However, a limited understanding of their tertiary structures and binding mechanisms hinders their further ...
Nature

Developing design guidelines for controlling charge transport in DNA

Conceptual frameworks that describe the electronic structure of molecules are an integral part of understanding chemical structures and reaction mechanisms and designing organic compounds. Here we ...
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James Watson, co-discoverer of DNA’s double helix structure, dies at 97

James Dewey Watson, whose co-discovery of the twisted-ladder structure of DNA in 1953 helped launch a revolution in biology and medicine, died Thursday at age 97. He died in hospice care after a brief ...

In 1953, scientists pieced together a twisted molecule, and DNA finally had a shape

Scientists uncovered DNA's double helix structure in 1953. James Watson and Francis Crick proposed the model. It explained ...
PBS

The Discovery of DNA's Structure:

They were hardly modest, these two brash young scientists who in 1953 declared to patrons of the Eagle Pub in Cambridge, England, that they had "found the secret of life." But James Watson and Francis ...
The Boston Globe

James D. Watson, Nobel Prize-winning co-discoverer of the DNA molecule’s structure, dies at 97

James D. Watson, whose role as co-discoverer of the structure of the DNA molecule in 1953 made him one of the key figures in the rise of molecular biology as well as the obvious choice to be first ...
Nature

Human polymerase θ helicase positions DNA microhomologies for double-strand break repair

DNA double-strand breaks occur daily in all human cells and must be repaired with high fidelity to minimize genomic instability. Deficiencies in high-fidelity DNA repair by homologous recombination ...
Medical Xpress

Examining DNA molecules one by one: How combining techniques can help us understand diseases such as dementia

"By cleverly combining new techniques for analyzing DNA at the level of individual molecules, we can achieve real breakthroughs in research into conditions such as dementia," predicts Professor John ...
Phys.org

DNA nanostructures can mimic molecular organization of living systems without chemical cross-linking

Newly developed DNA nanostructures can form flexible, fluid, and stimuli-responsive condensates without relying on chemical cross-linking, report researchers from the Institute of Science Tokyo and ...
Wall Street Journal

James Watson, Who Co-Discovered DNA Structure, Dies at 97

James Watson, the scientist who became famous for helping discover the structure of DNA in 1953 and notorious decades later for suggesting that Black people are intellectually inferior to whites, has ...