Research reveals that five DNA letters can switch chromatin between fluid and solid-like states, influencing gene ...

Estrogen is known as an important hormone, and it can control many functions by regulating the activity of hundreds of genes.

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

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

New 3D genome maps reveal how DNA folding controls gene activity, offering fresh clues into disease and cell function.

A team of researchers has generated one of the most detailed 3D maps of human chromosomes, cataloging over 140,000 DNA looping interactions.

As people grow older, their immune systems do not simply slow down, they often become locked into a simmering, ...

If stretched out, human DNA would be about 2 meters long. For this long strand to fit inside the cell nucleus, which is about ...

The first crystal structure of an alternative DNA shape from the insulin gene has been revealed by a UCL-led research team. DNA is widely accepted to be formed of two strands that wind around one ...