Although it also performs some functions in men, estrogen, the main female sex hormone, is involved in a myriad of processes, ...

It has been claimed that because most of our DNA is active, it must be important, but now human-plant hybrid cells have been ...

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 ...

Deep in coastal mangroves and even inside our own mouths, biologists are finding that DNA does not always sit in a simple ...

For decades, biology textbooks taught that DNA’s story could be told with a single image: two elegant strands twisting in a ...

Scientists are uncovering surprising truths about what dinosaur meat might have tasted like, and which species you could have ...

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

Study uncovers key insights about how a new class of antiviral drugs works.Cryo-EM images showed the drugs bound to herpes simplex virus ...

The research represents a major step forward in revealing how the three dimensional form of DNA shapes the way human biology functions. In a major step toward understanding how the physical form of ...

Life may have emerged from a surprisingly simple network of chemical reactions long before cells or genes existed.

In a landmark effort to understand how the physical structure of our DNA influences human biology, Northwestern investigators ...

The study also found a significant link between theobromine and longer telomeres, as estimated by the DNAmTL clock. Telomeres are protective caps on the ends of our chromosomes that tend to shorten as ...