Our DNA is often pictured as a simple spiral, like a piece of rope held taut. But inside cells, it folds into a complex three ...

About 2 meters (6.6 feet) of genetic material must fit into the nucleus of each of most of our trillions of cells, coiling ...

The zebra finch is one of the best-studied songbirds and a model for understanding the biology and neuroscience of vocal ...

Pitt and CMU scientists used advanced single-cell and imaging tools to show chromosomes are organized differently in ...

The sex reversal technique could be used to help rescue endangered species, say the researchers behind the work.

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In a laboratory overlooking Fifth Ave in the heart of Oakland, unassuming machines as expensive as cars divide brain tissue from deceased patients with Alzheimer’s disease down to ...

Influenza A virus dismantles paraspeckles, small RNA-scaffolded structures inside the cell nucleus, to suppress antiviral defenses and gain access to the host’s own gene-processing machinery. New ...

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Researchers have discovered that a gene linked to congenital heart disease acts like an architect for the heart cell’s DNA.

A new study co-led by professor Valeriya Malysheva, group leader at the VIB-UAntwerp Center for Molecular Neurology, ...