Scientists have used DNA's self-assembling properties to engineer intricate moiré superlattices at the nanometer ...

The authors proposed two hypotheses: first, that methamphetamine induces neuroinflammation, and second, that it alters neuronal stem cell differentiation. These are valuable hypotheses, and the ...

A cell protein previously believed only to provide a scaffolding for DNA has also been shown to directly influence DNA transcription into RNA – the first step of the process by which ... providing ...

Every living cell must interpret its genetic code—a sequence of chemical letters that governs countless cellular functions. A ...

Every living cell must interpret its genetic code - a sequence of chemical letters that governs countless cellular functions.

In the last two decades, mass digitization has dramatically changed the landscape of scholarly research. The ability to ...

A predictive biophysical model that integrates protein-DNA structures and sequences to accurately determine genomic binding sites and affinities of DNA-binding proteins.

What scientists once dismissed as “junk” DNA may actually be some of the most powerful code in our genome. A new ...

A new international study suggests that ancient viral DNA embedded in our genome, which were long dismissed as genetic "junk" ...

BACKGROUND: Direct reprogramming of fibroblasts to cardiomyocytes is a potentially curative strategy for ischemic heart ...