NPR's Daniel Estrin talks with publisher Esther Margolis about the end of the era of mass market paperbacks. These inexpensively made books were once staples in most grocery and drug stores.

Sean Ryder, professor at UMass Chan Medical School, has written a book to delve the mysteries of ribonucleic acid as a tool to fight diseases. Messenger ribonucleic acid, or mRNA, is in the public ...

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

Study finds CRISPR/Cas gene editing causes “chromatin fatigue” – another surprise mechanism by which it can produce unwanted ...

At the Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research in Basel, Switzerland, mouse geneticist Antoine Peters and his team investigate how ...