New research has uncovered the spatial organization of genetic material in the nucleus of an embryo within hours of ...

Most cells in the human body each contain about six feet of DNA. Yet the nucleus, where DNA is coiled, is no larger than a ...

Certain DNA sequences can form structures other than the canonical double helix. These alternative DNA conformations—referred ...

An international research team has provided a detailed insight into how the spatial organization of genetic material is established in the cell nucleus of early embryos within the first hours after ...

The way DNA folds inside the nucleus of brain cells may hold the key to understanding a devastating form of brain cancer ...

Scientists at the University of California, Riverside, have discovered how adult stem cells retain their regenerative power.

New research challenges the view that proteins are the only key to evolution, highlighting the importance of lipids.

Learn about metabolomics, biology's fourth language that has remained vastly untapped up until now and could accelerate ...

A team discovers a new family of enzymes capable of inducing targeted cuts in single-stranded DNA A few years ago, the advent of technology known as CRISPR was a major breakthrough in the scientific ...