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

Kanazawa University and colleagues have achieved a breakthrough in understanding sperm DNA packaging. Using high-speed atomic ...

An international research team led by Helmholtz Munich has, for the first time, provided a detailed insight into how the ...

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 ...

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

DNA strand displacement circuits are inching closer to becoming cellular machines. Scientists are finding ways to make these ...

They published their approach and findings on March 28 in Science Advances. Inside every human cell, 2 meters of DNA must be tightly packed into a tiny nucleus. This DNA is wrapped around proteins ...

Their findings are published in Nucleic Acids Research. In most cells, DNA is wrapped around proteins called histones, allowing it to be loosely packed and accessible for gene activity. However, in ...

Despite its expanding legalization in the U.S., scientists are still learning about the effects of marijuana use. One recent ...

The scientists state that epigenetic clocks based on the entropy of methylation states predict chronological age with ...

These kits offer fast, reliable methods for purifying genomic DNA from a range of microorganisms, including viable yeast cells, fungal spores or mycelium, and Gram-positive bacteria. DNA ...