Estrogen is known as an important hormone, and it can control many functions by regulating the activity of hundreds of genes.

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

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

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 ...

If stretched out, human DNA would be about 2 meters long. For this long strand to fit inside the cell nucleus, which is about ...

Researchers created the most detailed maps yet of the genome’s three-dimensional organization using human stem cells and ...

The first crystal structure of an alternative DNA shape from the insulin gene has been revealed by a UCL-led research team. DNA is widely accepted to be formed of two strands that wind around one ...

Study finds CRISPR/Cas gene editing causes “chromatin fatigue” – another surprise mechanism by which it can produce unwanted ...

DNA methylation is a key epigenome component that helps dictate how genes are expressed, contributing to normal cell and tissue differentiation during development, as well as the process of biological ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. The period between the 1920s and 1950s was a time of significant progress and exciting discoveries in gene therapy history and ...

As tough as medieval chainmail armor and as soft as a contact lens. This material is not taken from science fiction, it is a ...