Researchers have revealed that so-called ‘junk DNA’ contains powerful switches that help control brain cells linked to Alzheimer’s disease. When people picture DNA, they often imagine a set of genes ...

DNA doesn’t just sit still inside our cells — it folds, loops, and rearranges in ways that shape how genes behave.

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In an important new study, Chinese researchers have discovered the previously unrecognized role of alternative splicing of ...

Restricted access to genome-editing technologies poses serious challenges for countries like India that urgently need such ...

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Nucleosomes are barriers to RNA Polymerase II (Pol II) transcribing along gene bodies in eukaryotes. We found that a fragile “tailless nucleosome” could be generated to resolve the Pol II pausing ...

Hebert, P. D. N., Penton, E. H., Burns, John M., Janzen, Daniel H., and Hallwachs, Winnie D. 2004. "Ten species in one: DNA barcoding reveals cryptic species in the ...