Researchers around the world are studying how the human brain achieves its extraordinary complexity. A team at the Central ...

For decades, biologists treated DNA as a static string of letters, a linear code that cells read like text on a page. A new ...

This question serves as a basic introduction to the three major genome viewers. One gene, ADAM2, will be examined using all three sites so that the reader can gain an appreciation of the subtle ...

Scientists at Penn State University will reveal in the 29 March 2007 issue of the journal Nature the first complete high-resolution map of important structures that control how genes are packaged and ...

A gene is a fundamental unit of heredity, consisting of a specific sequence of DNA that encodes the instructions for making a particular protein or set of proteins. Genes are passed down from parents ...

This release is also available in Chinese on EurekAlert! Chinese. Over the past decades, researchers seeking to understand molecular mechanisms underlying various diseases, notably cancer, have taken ...

Before cells can divide by mitosis, they first need to replicate all of their chromosomes, so that each of the daughter cells can receive a full set of genetic material. Scientists have until now ...

New work from UC Davis and the University of Utah shows how the 3D structure of DNA inside a germ cell commits it to develop into a sperm cell. The discovery could improve understanding of fertility ...

Researchers have identified specific genes containing rare mutations that significantly increase the likelihood of developing ...

Researchers have found a new way to reactivate fetal hemoglobin without the need for gene-editing therapy, according to a new ...

Modeling indicates that secondary structures of RNA in the genes encoding the Nsp4 and Nsp16 proteins of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) are different from other ...