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 ...

The DNA packed inside every human cell contains instructions for life, written in billions of letters of genetic code. Every time a cell divides, the complete code, divided among 46 chromosomes, must ...

For decades, biology textbooks taught that DNA’s story could be told with a single image: two elegant strands twisting in a ...

Danish researchers believe that everyone should monitor their blood folate levels. They argue that a deficiency in folic acid ...

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

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

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