Researchers have discovered how cells activate a last-resort DNA repair system when severe damage strikes. When genetic ...

Embryonic stem (ES) cells are pluripotent stem cells that can produce all cell types of an organism. ES cells proliferate rapidly and have been thought to experience high levels of intrinsic ...

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

A team of researchers has generated one of the most detailed 3D maps of human chromosomes, cataloging over 140,000 DNA looping interactions.

Deep in coastal mangroves and even inside our own mouths, biologists are finding that DNA does not always sit in a simple ...

As antibiotic-resistant infections rise and are projected to cause up to 10 million deaths per year by 2050, scientists are looking to bacteriophages, viruses that infect bacteria, as an alternative.

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

When most of us think of DNA, we have a vague idea it's made up of genes that give us our physical features, our behavioral ...

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