For decades, biology textbooks taught that DNA’s story could be told with a single image: two elegant strands twisting in a ...

Researchers have discovered how cells activate a last-resort DNA repair system when severe damage strikes. When genetic ...

As people grow older, their immune systems do not simply slow down, they often become locked into a simmering, ...

Estrogens, the main female sex hormone, although they also perform some functions in men, are involved in a myriad of ...

One of the most detailed 3D maps of how the human chromosomes are organized and folded within a cell's nucleus is published ...

Research reveals that five DNA letters can switch chromatin between fluid and solid-like states, influencing gene ...

“Expression tells us what cells do, but regulatory DNA tells us where they come from, how they develop, and which germ layer ...

Scientists have recently been learning more about the importance of small bits of circular genetic material known as extrachromosomal DNA (ecDNA). These little circles of DNA can hitch a ride with ...

It has been claimed that because most of our DNA is active, it must be important, but now human-plant hybrid cells have been ...

Ancient DNA reveals that childhood viruses lived with humans for thousands of years, reshaping how we understand human and ...