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

Research reveals that five DNA letters can switch chromatin between fluid and solid-like states, influencing gene ...

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

Donald Trump's administration is turning immigration screening into the backbone of a DNA surveillance system that reaches ...

DNA origami cages constrain individual proteins toward preferred orientations on electrodes, dramatically improving ...

It's a common storytelling trope: the stubborn foe who is eventually revealed to be a much-needed friend. Biology has its own ...

MIT scientists have achieved the first-ever lab synthesis of verticillin A, a complex fungal compound discovered in 1970. Its delicate structure stalled chemists for decades, despite differing from ...

The key idea behind our framework is that life produces molecules with purpose, while nonliving chemistry does not. Cells ...

By studying the natural world, scientists find blueprints for innovations that can improve human lives—in the genes of a ...

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 ...

Discover how a tiny RNA molecule serves as a molecular switch in viral infections, providing insights into phage biology.

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