Research shows synthetic chromosomes can be transferred to human cells with potential to improve viral resistance ...

Researchers have developed a method to predict how a human chromosome folds based solely on the epigenetic marks that decorate chromatin inside cells. The DNA in a human cell is 2 yards long and wraps ...

A new article analyzes in depth the physical problems associated with DNA packaging that have often been neglected in structural models of chromosomes. The study demonstrates that the multilaminar ...

When DNA breaks, cells must repair it accurately to prevent harmful mutations. Researchers have discovered that during a key ...

Chromosomes are thread-like structures located inside the nucleus of animal and plant cells. Each chromosome is made of protein and a single molecule of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA). Passed from ...

Scientists from the Kavli Institute of Delft University of Technology and the IMP Vienna Biocenter have discovered a new ...

Among scientists, it is widely accepted that the structure of genomes largely controls their transcriptional activity within the cell. Structural features known as chromatin are responsible for this ...

A new study by EPFL researchers shows how RNA species called TERRA muster at the tip of chromosomes. [EPFL / Demcon-Nymus3D] Molecules that accumulate at the tips of chromosomes are known to play a ...

One of the challenges of working with ancient DNA samples is that damage accumulates over time, breaking up the structure of the double helix into ever smaller fragments. In the samples we've worked ...

HOUSTON - (Oct. 31, 2017) - The DNA in a human cell is 2 yards long and wraps around millions of bead-like histone proteins to fit inside the cell's nucleus. Researchers at Rice University and Baylor ...