Transposable elements, once dismissed as genomic “junk,” are emerging as active regulators of cell identity, stress responses and disease. A...

Genetic risk for autoimmune disease may be hiding in the spaces between genes. A study published in Nature Genetics has...

Antwerp, 4 August 2026 — The genome is often described as a linear sequence of DNA, but inside a living...

A molecular switch that helps blood vessels grow may connect two seemingly separate processes in cancer and tissue biology: the...

Scientists at the La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI) have produced one of the most detailed maps yet of immune...

Viruses do not encounter a blank biological landscape when they infect humans. They meet an immune system shaped by thousands...

Parkinson’s disease has long been described as a disorder of dopamine-producing neurons, but a growing body of genetic research is...

A new review in Genes & Diseases examines how scientists are turning a deeper understanding of X chromosome inactivation into...

Tomato plants may have gained a new genetic ally in the fight against drought. Researchers from Xinjiang University and the...

A new study published in Nature Communications is drawing attention to the possibility that end-stage renal disease is shaped not...