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

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

It's a common storytelling trope: the stubborn foe who is eventually revealed to be a much-needed friend. Biology has its own ...

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

Colombo’s daily struggle—marked by half a million vehicle entries and chronic parking shortages—is pushing Sri Lankan ...

Inside cells, DNA twists and coils itself into a variety of different secondary structures—including i-motifs (iMs) and ...

The world’s highest bridge recently opened in China. The Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge stretches above a yawning gorge in the ...

To our immune system, a potentially lifesaving gene therapy can look a lot like a dangerous infection. That's because most ...

For the first time, scientists have captured the exact moment DNA begins to unravel, shedding light on a fundamental chemical process that enables DNA to serve as the blueprint for life. A recent ...

Inside every human cell, six feet of DNA folds into a nucleus that is only a few micrometers wide, yet still manages to switch genes on and off with exquisite precision. The latest work on ...

Natalie Portman is headed to the United Kingdom for her next feature. That’s where the filming of the biographical drama ‘Photograph 51’ will take place, starting in March 2026. Tom Hooper will direct ...

James D. Watson, whose co-discovery of the twisted-ladder structure of DNA in 1953 helped light the long fuse on a revolution in medicine, crimefighting, genealogy and ethics, has died. He was 97. The ...