Rocelle Aglugue, a sophomore at Daly City's Jefferson High School, is blunt about her distaste for science. "I've just never been that interested in it," she said, matter-of-factly. Yet on a recent ...

A clearer understanding of the origin recognition complex -- a protein complex that directs DNA replication -- through its crystal structure offers new insight into fundamental mechanisms of DNA ...

DNA, often called the blueprint of life, is built from four chemical building blocks known as deoxy-nucleoside triphosphates ...

Genetics is the study of heritable changes in gene activity or function due to the direct alteration of the DNA sequence. Such alterations include point mutations, deletions, insertions, and ...