Scientists have for the first time sequenced the most complete and oldest ancient Egyptian genome ever found—unlocking new ...

New imaging tools reveal how within an hour of infection, the virus begins to alter our chromosomes to kick-start its own replication.

Millions of kids have now been vaccinated against rotavirus. Norovirus, by contrast, is famous as the scourge of cruise ships, making hundreds of guests suffer through stomach pain and diarrhea.

Nucleic acids (DNA or RNA) are polymers of nucleotides – each nucleotide consists of a pentose sugar, a phosphate group and one of the nitrogenous bases (purines and pyrimidines). Nucleic acids ...