The human genome is about two meters (6.6 feet) long, yet it is folded inside a cell nucleus only about 10 micrometers in ...

A new study finds that when p53, one of the most important cancer-protecting genes, stops working, cells produce too much RNA ...

A new study led by Francesca Storici, a professor in the School of Biological Sciences and faculty member of the Parker H.

The human family tree is gaining new branches. Researchers have found in modern humans' DNA signs of two previously unknown ancestors – extinct human forms with no fossils or decoded DNA, yet they ...

By doubling their entire genome, organisms can evolve extremely rapidly — or they can lose it all. New studies reveal how to ...

So, figuring out how to make a new protein can mean directly tinkering with biochemistry, providing new and potentially useful functions. Since the genetic code provides a layer of abstraction between ...

Although there are striking differences between the cells that make up your eyes, kidneys, brain and toes, the DNA blueprint for these cells is essentially the same. Where do those differences come ...

Twenty-five years ago today, on July 7, 2000, the world got its very first look at a human genome — the 3 billion letter code that controls how our bodies function. Posted online by a small team at ...

A sweeping analysis of thousands of animal genomes suggests that chromosomes do not evolve randomly but instead follow a limited number of irreversible “evolutionary highways.” These one-way genetic ...

Mosaic neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) poses a significant diagnostic challenge due to low-level mosaicism and the confinement ...

Tsushima leopard cats are an endangered species found only on this isolated island. The most recent government survey ...