The biological factory that produces reproductive cells has a robust quality control system to identify and eliminate eggs ...

Centenarians don’t just live longer. They’re also healthier, even in extreme old age. A biobank of centenarian stem cells ...

ABOVE: Scientists are exploring the relationship between the expression of ancient viral DNA and neurodegenerative disease ...

Scientists from the Kavli Institute of Delft University of Technology and the IMP Vienna Biocenter discovered a new property of the molecular motors that shape our chromosomes.

A woman got routine bloodwork during her second pregnancy and was shocked when the test results came back: It suggested her ...

Scientists from the Kavli Institute of Delft University of Technology and the IMP Vienna Biocenter discovered a new property of the molecular motors that shape our chromosomes.

T cells are white blood cells that are important for adaptive immunity. They have unique cell surface receptors that are generated by randomly assorting genes. These receptors allow T cells to ...

Specialized protein machines called SMC complexes (Structural Maintenance of Chromosomes) play a critical role in these ...

Scientists have discovered a new property of the molecular motors that shape our chromosomes. While six years ago they found that these so-called SMC motor proteins make long loops in our DNA, they ...

The Tbx1 gene influences brain volume and social behavior in autism and schizophrenia, with its deficiency linked to amygdala ...

Kanazawa University, have discovered how a protein called lamin A helps repair the protective barrier around a cell's DNA.