Over the past two decades, researchers have learned that DNA inside the cell nucleus naturally folds into a network of ...

An infection with Epstein-Barr virus is a nonevent for most people. But for a subset, the virus can contribute to chronic ...

Researchers have created the first complete map showing how hundreds of mutations in a key cancer gene affect tumor growth.

The Y chromosome is inherited only through the paternal line. Sons receive their Y chromosome exclusively from their father.

A large genetic analysis identified 66 high-confidence genes linked to anxiety disorders across major brain regions. Findings ...

Using CRISPR, Hebrew University of Jerusalem team finds PEDS1 enzyme linked to reduced brain size; study maps 331 genes ...

For more than a century, Neanderthals have been cast as a vanished side branch of the human family tree, a brief encounter in ...

On a recent weeknight, long after the swarms of tourists had left Rome’s Colosseum, a small group of people walked around outside the darkened amphitheater, pausing every so often to take in a new ...

Researchers have uncovered a microscopic weapon that can literally tear viruses apart from the inside, a single protein that turns a cell’s own DNA into a tripwire. Instead of blocking infection at ...

The Unveiling of the AbyssThe recent unsealing of the Jeffrey Epstein Court documents has sent shockwaves through the global consciousness, yet to view this event merely as a sensationalist legal scan ...

Researchers at The Institute of Cancer Research, London, have uncovered how the DNA repair enzyme XPF-ERCC1 is recruited to sites of damage and activated inside cells, resolving a long-standing ...

A better understanding of the bedrock can help researchers calculate how quickly the continent's melting glaciers might ...