Switches' in our DNA that affect gene activity in cells could be crucial to understanding and possibly treating Alzheimer's ...

"It feels like just yesterday that she left us, and the pain of her absence is still very real," Rosa Everts' younger sister, ...

A team of scientists at the Forensic Science Laboratory in Meriden worked around the clock to examine evidence related to the ...

For decades, biology textbooks taught that DNA’s story could be told with a single image: two elegant strands twisting in a ...

Tiny repeated stretches of DNA in your genome may quietly shape how your body works, how your brain develops, and how you ...

Now, as we embark on the second quarter of the 21st century, what could Rhode Island look like in 2050? The staff at The ...

Harvard Medical School researchers have uncovered crucial insights into how an emerging class of antiviral drugs works.

Study uncovers key insights about how a new class of antiviral drugs works. Cryo-EM images showed the drugs bound to herpes simplex virus (HSV) protein at nearly atomic detail, while optical tweezers ...

A mystery that started with the discovery of a pinkie finger bone in Denisova Cave in the Altai Mountains of southern Siberia may finally have been cracked.

Discovering How DNA Reaches Its Most Compact Form For many years, researchers did not know how this extra level of chromatin compaction occurred. In 2019, HHMI Investigator Michael Rosen and his team ...

Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the oldest and deadliest infectious diseases we know. It commonly impacts the lungs, but can also affect other areas of the body like the spine, brain or kidneys. In fact, ...

Cancer isn't just about broken genes—it's about broken architecture. Imagine a city where roads suddenly vanish, cutting off neighborhoods from essential services. That's what happens inside cells ...