Understanding how cells turn genes on and off is one of biology's most enduring mysteries. Now, a new technology developed by ...

Within each cell, there is a constant struggle between life-sustaining molecules and molecules that could hasten its demise.

New Research Shows That “Useless” DNA May Actually Play An Important Role TwistedSifter why people often wake up around 3 AM ...

New research from the University of Wisconsin–Madison reveals that dysfunction in a protein essential to maintaining ...

MIT researchers discovered that the genome’s 3D structure doesn’t vanish during cell division as previously thought. Instead, ...

Long interspersed nuclear element-1 (LINE-1 or L1) is the only active, self-copying genetic element in the human genome—comprising about 17% of the genome. It is commonly called a "jumping gene" or ...

Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale and CAS Center for Excellence in Quantum Information and Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, ...

Your brain ventricles are four fluid-filled chambers that produce cerebrospinal fluid. This fluid helps nourish your brain and protect it from injury. It would be easy to argue that your brain is the ...

Abstract: Circadian rhythm disruptions are linked to increased cancer risk and unfavorable prognosis in patients with cancer, highlighting the critical role of the interplay between the circadian ...

Members of the Enterobacteriaceae family, such as Salmonella spp. and Escherichia coli species, are Gram-negative pathogens responsible for a substantial burden of food-borne and gastrointestinal ...

This valuable work presents an interpretable protein-DNA Energy Associative (IDEA) model for predicting binding sites and affinities of DNA-binding proteins. While the method is convincing, it ...

A protein found in our cells has emerged as a secret weapon against biological aging, acting like a glue to repair damaged DNA and ward off neurological degeneration including that seen in motor ...