New findings, published in Nature, help answer the riddle of how vertebrates evolved the diverse array of brain cells that ...

Every person walking the planet carries roughly 37 trillion cells, and nearly every one of those cells holds an identical ...

A study led by a UAB research team of Biological Anthropology has analyzed the genome of 54 newborns with the aim of tracking ...

Researchers have found that the DNA spools inside human cells are far less tightly wound than textbooks have long suggested.

Scientists have uploaded a viral genome to a quantum computer, marking an important step for the future of quantum-enabled ...

New research tracks how cells prepare gene regulatory decisions that will define their fate during the earliest stages of ...

Decades of research has viewed DNA as a sequence-based instruction manual; yet every cell in the body shares the same genes – so where is the language that writes the memory of cell identities?

Cancer cells often survive treatment by fixing the DNA damage that therapy is meant to cause. Researchers found that UNI418 ...

Although there are striking differences between the cells that make up your eyes, kidneys, brain and toes, the DNA blueprint for these cells is essentially the same. Where do those differences come ...

The ‘base editing’ technique that researchers used is far from ready for the clinic, but critics worry it will spur a rush to ...

In biology textbooks and beyond, the human genome and DNA therein typically are taught in only one dimension. While it can be helpful for learners to begin with the linear presentation of how ...

The desolate, wind-swept desert of the Paracas Peninsula on the southern coast of Peru holds one of the most enduring mysteries of the ancient world. In 1928, the renowned Peruvian archaeologist Julio ...