Organisms are made up of cells, and in each of those cells, a genome encodes the instructions for that organism to grow and survive. The human genome has at least 20,000 genes, and the expression of ...

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

A tiny percentage of our DNA—around 2%—contains 20,000-odd genes. The remaining 98%—long known as the non-coding genome, or ...

Researchers have identified elusive DNA switches in brain support cells that influence genes tied to Alzheimer’s disease. When people think about DNA, they often picture genes that determine our ...

Guillaume Andrey, UNIGE I've been interested in the genetic mechanisms of development since the beginning of my career.

But only a tiny percentage of our DNA – around 2% – contains our 20,000-odd genes. The remaining 98% – long known as the non-coding genome, or so-called ‘junk’ DNA – includes many of the switches that ...

In a study published in Genome Research, a team of researchers, including Cornell College Assistant Professor of Biology ...

Though almost every cell in your body contains a copy of each of your genes, only a small fraction of these genes will be expressed, or turned on. These activations are controlled by specialized ...

A multi-institutional team of researchers led by Case Western Reserve University has identified a pattern of clustered genetic changes that appear to encourage growth of colorectal cancer tumors—a ...

Every cell in our body contains the same DNA, yet liver cells are different from brain cells, and skin cells differ from muscle cells. What determines these differences? It all comes down to gene ...