Researchers discovered that stiff DNA segments inside nucleosomes physically block chromatin remodeling. The remodeling ...

James Watson, who co-discovered the structure of DNA has died at age 97. He was a scientific superstar until he made racist ...

A new study published in Nature on November 26 has shed light on the origins, population structures, and kinship systems of ...

DNA replication, the fundamental process of copying a DNA molecule, is described as semiconservative due to its unique ...

Every face carries a story, shaped long before birth by a quiet choreography of genes switching on and off at just the right moment. A new study suggests that part of that story reaches far back into ...

Scientists are hopeful it will improve understanding of how genes work, what goes wrong in disease, and how to fix it.

Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have shown that DNA inflexibility, or rigidity, inside the nucleosome regulates the positioning of INO80. This highlights that the ...

PhD Defense: From genes to enhancers and everything in between The role of enhancer distance in transcriptional regulation Anna-Karina Felder From genes to enhancers and everything in between: The ...

A 13-year study of DNA samples collected from the 4,000-year-old Shimao site, a complex of gigantic prehistoric ruins on the ...