extrachromosomal DNA

Nucleic acid detection techniques lead the charge for researchers seeking biomarkers in health and disease.

This year revealed just how much scientists have learned about the disease, from how animals become naturally cancer-resistant to how tumor cells harness extracellular DNA to develop rapid drug resistance.

Massive extrachromosomal elements named after the hive-minded cyborg villains in Star Trek may be the first of their kind.

As with the evolution of astronomy, new insights in biology beckon just beyond our conceptual and observational reach.

Researchers discover that short pieces of DNA harboring oncogenes are relatively widespread in cancer.

Small circles of extrachromosomal DNA appear to be widespread in mammals, and may be byproducts of small deletions in the nuclear DNA of somatic cells.