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 ...

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

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.

Alcohol consumption leads to the formation of a toxic compound called acetaldehyde, which damages DNA. A research team from IOCB Prague has now described in detail how cells repair this damaged ...

A new study shows, for the first time, how the human genome folds and moves in 3D over time to control when genes turn on and ...

Deep in coastal mangroves and even inside our own mouths, biologists are finding that DNA does not always sit in a simple loop at the cell’s center. A giant microbe called Thiovulum imperiosus has now ...

Transposable elements are stretches of DNA that can move around the genome. Many of these DNA sequences originate from long ...

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