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 ...

Researchers from the University of Chicago (IL, USA) have reported that unstable, or ‘noisy’, chromatin enables cells to take on different roles in the body. This flexibility can support the immune ...

Shobha Rao’s new novel, “Indian Country,” is a crime story as well as a multilayered saga of white empire in India and America. By Gaiutra Bahadur Gaiutra Bahadur is the author of “Coolie Woman: The ...

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A new study published in Developmental Science has found that preschool children’s brain activity differs when they are read to from a book compared to when they view and listen to stories on a screen ...

Department of Systems Biology, School of Life Sciences, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China Introduction: The recombinant human p53 adenovirus (Ad-p53) offers a ...

This study is led by Dr. Yue Zhou (State Key Laboratory of Gene Function and Modulation Research, School of Advanced Agricultural Sciences, Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, Peking University, ...

In “Cerebral Entanglements,” Allan J. Hamilton argues that new imaging technologies give us unprecedented access — with revolutionary implications. By Deborah Blum Deborah Blum is the director of the ...

These modifications increase chromatin accessibility, influencing growth, differentiation, and ion transport, with contrasting effects on normal and colorectal cancer cells. Study: Short-chain fatty ...