In a wholly new approach to cancer treatment, Northwestern University biomedical engineers have doubled the effectiveness of ...

To fit the two meters of DNA that comprises the genome within just one hundredth of a millimeter of space inside a cell’s nucleus ... which dictates how the cell functions. Throughout one’s life, ...

BACKGROUND: Direct reprogramming of fibroblasts to cardiomyocytes is a potentially curative strategy for ischemic heart ...

In biology textbooks and beyond, the human genome and DNA therein typically are taught in only one dimension. While it can be ...

Advanced light microscopy techniques have come into their own — and are giving scientists a new understanding of human biology and what goes wrong in disease ...

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 ...

New imaging tools reveal how within an hour of infection, the virus begins to alter our chromosomes to kick-start its own replication.

Pluripotent stem cells depend on specialized nuclear organization for their function. Here, the authors show that DDX18 regulates nucleolar phase separation and chromatin architecture to preserve ...

A new study reveals that inhibitory neurons born later in development mature more quickly than earlier ones, allowing them to catch up and integrate evenly into neural networks.

A study from the Max Planck Institute reveals that inhibitory neurons born later in development mature more rapidly to keep ...