Recent research has uncovered a fascinating mechanism in the nematode worm C. elegans that could have profound implications ...

An international research team led by Hiroki Shibuya at RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research (BDR) in Japan has ...

EMBL researchers created SDR-seq, a next-generation tool that decodes both DNA and RNA from the same cell. It finally opens ...

From CRISPR to gene banking, synthetic biology has big implications for wildlife evolution and conservation, but ethical ...

Japanese researchers discovered that hair graying and melanoma share a surprising cellular origin. When DNA damage strikes ...

Our experiences leave traces in the brain, stored in small groups of cells called engrams. Engrams are thought to hold the ...

DNA methylation is a key epigenome component that helps dictate how genes are expressed, contributing to normal cell and tissue differentiation during development, as well as the process of biological ...

DNA and RNA methylation, initially thought to operate as distinct pathways, have been shown to interact closely, shifting our understanding of gene regulation. A team of researchers from the ...

Scientists have discovered how LINE-1, a “jumping gene” that makes up 17% of the human genome, inserts itself into DNA. Using ...

The distinctive colored fur of two of Australia's rarest marsupials could be caused by "broken" pigment genes, new research ...

A major US study reveals that marijuana use leaves measurable chemical traces in DNA, altering genes related to mental health ...