Mapping a human cell gives researchers a view of subcellular architecture and sheds light on how cancer develops.

Cohesin is a protein that forms a ring-shaped complex which wraps and alters the DNA molecule shape. It moves through the DNA and creates specific loops in the genetic material which determine the ...

Earlier gatherings focused on gaining public acceptance for what scientists want to do with CRISPR. This meeting flipped that ...

"It's like the rhino version of the Human Genome Project." This new genome also represents a vital tool toward saving the endangered species. In 2011, Loring's team created the first induced ...

Since the human genome was first sequenced in 2003, the world's scientific community has been racing to decipher this "book" written in an alphabet of four letters. The applications of these ...

His work could lead to a broader understanding of how—and why—the human genome takes on such vastly different shapes. In 2009, Zhang and his mentor, renowned chemist Peter Wolynes, used a ...

DNA's double helix has long stood as the symbol of life’s code. But buried within the genome lies a deeper level of complexity. One of the more intriguing discoveries in recent years is the i-motif—a ...

A March 2025 article in the Harvard Gazette likened the arrival of AI in medicine to the dawn of the internet or the completion of the human genome. In other words, a big freaking deal.

Although the Human Genome Project greatly expanded our understanding of hereditary contributions to disease, genes appear to account for approximately 10% of disease risk, with the remainder ...