Scientists mapped hidden DNA switches in brain support cells to understand how gene control may influence Alzheimer’s disease ...

A tiny percentage of our DNA—around 2%—contains 20,000-odd genes. The remaining 98%—long known as the non-coding genome, or ...

Researchers have revealed that so-called “junk DNA” contains powerful switches that help control brain cells linked to ...

Here’s a fun fact about your DNA, only 2% of it contains actual genes!The rest of the 98%, which is often referred to as ...

Scientists have created the first comprehensive map of DNA quadruplexes, fleeting knot-like structures that play an outsized ...

Through powerful high-resolution microscopy and precise biochemical methods, researchers at the Sloan Kettering Institute have seen for the first time how proteins and DNA come together to commence ...

A multi-institutional team of researchers led by Case Western Reserve University has identified a pattern of clustered genetic changes that appear to encourage growth of colorectal cancer tumors—a ...

University of Toronto (U of T) researchers have found that cancer cells can enhance tumor growth by hijacking enhancer DNA normally used when tissues and organs are formed. The mechanism, called ...

A new study shows, for the first time, how the human genome folds and moves in 3D over time to control when genes turn on and ...

Long distance haul: Regulatory proteins (gold balls) bind to enhancer regions (light blue) and promoter regions (pink) of DNA to form clusters that enable transcription (purple). Summary Through ...