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

What makes the human brain distinctive? A new study published in Cell identifies two genes linked to human brain features and ...

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

Most organisms fit comfortably into standard definitions of “life,” i.e., cells that grow, reproduce independently, and ...

SMC (structural maintenance of chromosomes) protein complexes are ring-shaped molecular motors essential for genome folding. Despite recent progress, the detailed molecu ...