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

DNA doesn’t just sit still inside our cells — it folds, loops, and rearranges in ways that shape how genes behave. Researchers have now mapped this hidden architecture in unprecedented detail, showing ...

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

Biology has always been an unruly science. Cells divide when they want to. Genes switch on and off like temperamental lights.

A comprehensive genetic investigation led by Dr. Feng Liu at Tianjin Medical University General Hospital has uncovered ...

Molecular biosciences Prof. Heather Pinkett has been the only Black faculty member in her department for the past 12 years.

Long before modern medicine named and cataloged human herpesviruses, at least one of them was already quietly embedding ...

Scientists have successfully recovered what may be Leonardo da Vinci's DNA from a centuries-old red chalk drawing, marking a breakthrough that could unlock secrets about one of history's greatest ...

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

Dogs are considered man’s best friends by many. Thanks to advances in longevity research, their life expectancy can be ...