The instructions for building and operating a human being are written with just four letters, abbreviated A,T,C and G representing four chemicals arranged like steps that are strung along in a ...

Collagen, the body's most abundant protein, has long been viewed as a predictable structural component of tissues. However, a new study challenges that notion, revealing an unexpected confirmation in ...

Virginia Tech neuroscientists have uncovered a mitochondrial process that supports the brain cells critical for learning, ...

A complex molecular machine, the spliceosome, ensures that the genetic information from the genome, after being transcribed ...

A novel, freely available AI tool has cut the time it takes to determine chromatin structure from days to minutes. The 3D ...

LIG4 syndrome is an exceptionally rare disorder caused by a genetic mutation that prevents the body from repairing damaged ...

Research from the Voigt lab at the Babraham Institute has investigated the mechanism by which bivalency functions to poise ...

By treating DNA as a language, Brian Hie’s “ChatGPT for genomes” could pick up patterns that humans can’t see, accelerating ...

A Washington State University Spokane research team has made a breakthrough at the cellular level in studying the secrets of ...

DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid), the molecular "blueprint" carrying the genetic instructions that influence the growth, ...

The way the body ages could be more resilient than previously thought, a new study suggests.

Although the genetic sequence is the same in every cell in the body, only a subset of those genes is expressed by each cell.