Scientists found that DNA’s phosphate groups can direct chemical reactions to make the correct mirror-image form of drug ...

Scientists at NUS have found that DNA’s phosphate groups can guide chemical reactions like molecular “hands.” Chemists at the ...

This monumental scientific achievement occurred within a context of intense international collaboration, rapid technical ...

James Watson, who shared the Nobel prize for his work on DNA’s molecular structure, has died at the age of 97.

In the rapid and fast-growing world of nanotechnology, researchers are continually on the lookout for new building blocks to push innovation and discovery to scales much smaller than the tiniest speck ...

Chemists at the National University of Singapore (NUS) have found a new use for deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), not just as genetic material, but as a tool for more efficient production of medicinal ...

A new study published in the journal Nature Chemistry details the development of a chemical nose that can identify irregular DNA that could suggest breast cancer and other diseases. The nose works by ...

The mutations that give rise to melanoma result from a chemical conversion in DNA fueled by sunlight and not just a DNA copying error as previously believed ...

Small changes in the structure of DNA have been implicated in breast cancer and other diseases, but they've been extremely difficult to detect -- until now. Using what they describe as a 'chemical ...

Let me extend my deepest thanks to the American Chemical Society. It is a very special honor to be included among the Priestley Medalists, many of whom are my teachers and scientific heroes. I am ...