One of the most detailed 3D maps of how the human chromosomes are organized and folded within a cell's nucleus is published ...

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 ...

The human small intestine absorbs nutrients while protecting us from potentially harmful microbes. One of the cell types that ...

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

Taken together, these advances suggest that part of age-related immune decline is driven by specific, potentially reversible ...

In a landmark effort to understand how the physical structure of our DNA influences human biology, Northwestern investigators and the 4D Nucleome Project have unveiled the most detailed maps to date ...

Scientists discovered that certain gene changes allow cells to function even when frataxin, the protein lost in Friedreich’s ...

Liver disease is a major global health problem, causing over two million deaths worldwide each year. While animal models have ...

A growing number of new studies have found that, at least for some cells, death isn’t the end, but the beginning of something wholly unexpected.