Estrogen is known as an important hormone, and it can control many functions by regulating the activity of hundreds of genes.

A Cedars-Sinai study has identified a previously unknown role for astrocyte cells in how the brain responds to damage and ...

There is a huge amount of DNA in most human cells, and that DNA has to be carefully compacted and organized so that it will ...

What keeps our cells the right size? Scientists have long puzzled over this fundamental question, since cells that are too ...

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

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

Scientists have discovered that T cell receptors activate through a hidden spring-like motion that had never been seen before ...

One of the biggest quests in biology is understanding how every cell in an animal's body carries an identical genome yet ...

Scientists organize millions of proteins by shape, as predicted by AI, revealing 700,000 new families and some shapes unique ...

What keeps our cells the right size? Scientists have long puzzled over this fundamental question, since cells that are too large or too small are linked to many diseases. Until now, the genetic basis ...

Neurons are famously fragile, yet some injured cells manage to hang on, stabilize, and even reconnect. That quiet resilience ...

Unlike our organs, cell organelles such as mitochondria are not fixed in place, but when, where, how, and why organelles move ...