If stretched out, human DNA would be about 2 meters long. For this long strand to fit inside the cell nucleus, which is about ...

SickKids researchers discovered that a long non-coding RNA, CISTR-ACT, directly regulates cell size. Using gene-editing tools ...

What keeps our cells the right size? Scientists have long puzzled over this fundamental question, since cells that are too ...

There is a huge amount of DNA in most human cells, and that DNA has to be carefully compacted and organized so that it will ...

Study finds CRISPR/Cas gene editing causes “chromatin fatigue” – another surprise mechanism by which it can produce unwanted ...

Membraneless organelles, also called biomolecular condensates, are changing how scientists think about protein chemistry, ...

Scientists identify the first non-coding gene that directly controls cell size, reshaping how biology explains growth and ...

What keeps our cells the right size? Scientists have long puzzled over this fundamental question, since cells that are too large or too small are linked to many diseases. Until now, the genetic basis ...

Researchers have revealed that so-called “junk DNA” contains powerful switches that help control brain cells linked to ...

A team of researchers from the University of Aberdeen has uncovered, for the first time, how genes linked to autism and ...

XV, a 15–amino acid human-derived peptide that safely kills fungi causing keratitis, promotes corneal healing, resists drug ...

What keeps our cells the right size? Scientists have long puzzled over this fundamental question, since cells that are too large or too small are ...