Scientists mapped hidden DNA switches in brain support cells to understand how gene control may influence Alzheimer’s disease ...

Artificial intelligence has just redrawn the map of our genome’s control room, revealing hundreds of thousands of tiny DNA ...

Scientists have created the first comprehensive map of DNA quadruplexes, fleeting knot-like structures that play an outsized ...

Even as humpbacks rebound in number, their genomes reveal a loss of genetic diversity and a buildup of harmful mutations left ...

Researchers have revealed that so-called “junk DNA” contains powerful switches that help control brain cells linked to ...

New 3D genome maps reveal how DNA folding controls gene activity, offering fresh clues into disease and cell function.

A tiny percentage of our DNA—around 2%—contains 20,000-odd genes. The remaining 98%—long known as the non-coding genome, or ...

Gene editing has rapidly evolved into a transformative class of technologies that allow scientists to precisely insert, ...

To our immune system, a potentially lifesaving gene therapy can look a lot like a dangerous infection. That's because most ...

Although it also performs some functions in men, estrogen, the main female sex hormone, is involved in a myriad of processes, ...

As the Arctic warms and sea ice disappears, polar bears are being pushed into conditions they have never faced before. Their ...