A previously unrecognized layer of genome organization has been identified in the mammalian brain, where exceptionally long genes and the...

Scientists have identified a molecular organizer that helps connect distant regulatory regions of the genome with the genes they control,...

Crohn’s disease is often described as an immune disorder, but a new study suggests that the cells forming the body’s...

A pair of prairie plants with roots deep enough to reach several meters into the soil has moved closer to...

Autism research has long wrestled with a deceptively simple question: when genetic differences are linked to brain development and behavior,...

Cancer cells may be able to reprogram more than gene activity and signaling networks. A study led by researchers at...

The movement of SARS-CoV-2 across borders and through communities has left a genetic record in the virus’s genome. A study...

Autism research has gained a powerful new analytical tool designed to separate the genetic factors children inherit from their parents...

For decades, vast stretches of the animal genome were dismissed as genetic “junk”—repetitive DNA sequences that do not encode proteins...

A newly reported molecular mechanism is drawing attention to one of the most tightly regulated steps in cell biology: the...