The human genetic blueprint is deceptively simple. Our genes are tightly wound into 46 X-shaped structures called chromosomes. Crafted by evolution, they carry DNA and replicate when cells divide, ...

When people think of DNA, they usually think of genes, the parts that code for proteins ... with each chapter being copied as the cell divides. These chapters, known as chromosomes, need to remain ...

Across two new papers published Wednesday (July 23) in the journal Nature, scientists sequenced the DNA of 1,084 people ...

Scientists in Japan have made a breakthrough using CRISPR technology to remove the extra chromosome responsible for Down ...

Mitochondria live inside all our cells, but unlike other organelles, mitochondria have their own DNA, a small circular strand with about three dozen genes. Mitochondrial DNA is a remnant from the ...

New imaging tools reveal how within an hour of infection, the virus begins to alter our chromosomes to kick-start its own replication.

An article by UAB professor Joan-Ramon Daban analyzes in depth the physical problems associated with DNA packaging that have often been neglected in structural models of chromosomes.

An illustration of DNA inside chromosomes that are then inside a cell nucleus. (Image credit: BSIP/UIG via Getty Images) Classically, gene therapy has referred to the process of either "knocking ...

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 ...

Males imprint their DNA by adding methyl modifications to it in a way that alters the activity of genes in order to promote ...