Researchers have revealed that so-called “junk DNA” contains powerful switches that help control brain cells linked to ...

What keeps our cells the right size? Scientists have long puzzled over this fundamental question, since cells that are too ...

A tiny percentage of our DNA—around 2%—contains 20,000-odd genes. The remaining 98%—long known as the non-coding genome, or ...

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 ...

Researchers have identified elusive DNA switches in brain support cells that influence genes tied to Alzheimer’s disease. When people think about DNA, they often picture genes that determine our ...

But only a tiny percentage of our DNA – around 2% – contains our 20,000-odd genes. The remaining 98% – long known as the non-coding genome, or so-called ‘junk’ DNA – includes many of the switches that ...

To our immune system, a potentially lifesaving gene therapy can look a lot like a dangerous infection. That's because most ...

The completion of a South American lung fish genome sequencing represents one of the most remarkable moments within current ...

The genetic code is the recipe for life, and provides the instructions for how to make proteins, generally using just 20 ...

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

Your next favorite true crime podcast might have some new forensics jargon to make sense of. Researchers in Australia have developed a new way to identify humans – similar to how we do with DNA and ...

Researchers develop a groundbreaking genomic mapping to reveal how genes interact to cause diseases, paving the way for ...