Scientists have uncovered a surprising secret about our DNA: it’s not a static blueprint, but a constantly shifting, folding ...

Despite spanning about three billion base pairs, the human genome is wrapped up tight in a highly organized fashion in the nucleus. This coordinated structure, in part, enables the cell to regulate ...

Aging may "erase" the epigenetic markers that control gene expression in the brain, and this may snowball to cause unintended ...

Our brain is arguably the organ that most distinguishes humans from other primates. Its exceptional size, complexity and capabilities far exceed those of any other species on Earth. Yet humans share ...

Scientists at the MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences (LMS) have discovered a DNA-based “dimmer switch” that regulates the activity of a critical developmental gene, Cdx2. This work could pave the way ...

Scientists reveal a hidden second layer of human DNA, showing how genome folding controls genes and influences disease development.

Life begins with a quiet but precise choreography inside the nucleus. For decades, scientists believed that a newly ...

In back-to-back studies published in Nature, researchers from Purdue University and Columbia University report a naturally ...

J. Craig Venter, PhD, left, President Bill Clinton, and Francis S. Collins, MD, PhD, The White House, June 26, 2000. [Mark Wilson/Newsmakers/Getty Images] The announcement of the first draft of the ...

A research team has reviewed emerging technologies that enable precise genome editing in plants without integrating foreign ...