The Human Genome Project was launched in 1990, preceded by decades of breakthroughs in genetics. It eventually gave us a sequence of the human genome. Yet, while the physical rules behind the genome's ...

Human cells exposed to simulated microgravity showed increased nuclear volume, while genome organization remained stable and no DNA damage occurred.

For the most part, every cell in the body has the same DNA, but each cell type, like brain or insulin-producing cells, uses it differently to perform specific functions. Epigenetic factors, which ...

Two new studies from Johns Hopkins University are providing scientists with an unprecedented view of how human cells repair ...

In its effort to correlate genomic structure with gene function, the 4D Nucleome Consortium (4DN), led by Job Dekker, Ph.D., at UMass Chan Medical School, has extensively mapped and analyzed the three ...

Learn how DNA can be exchanged between two cells that connect by forming nanotubes, and find out why this is crucial for cancer research. When cells in our body are going through a rough patch due to ...

Researchers developed fluorescent dyes that reveal DNA packing in living cells and could help scientists study changes linked to cancer.