Serif Biomedicines has emerged from stealth mode to continue developing “modified DNA,” a new class of therapeutics designed ...

The cytoskeleton is far more than a static scaffold—it’s a dynamic, adaptable network that shapes cells, moves cargo, and drives vital processes. From swirling cytoplasmic flows to microtubule ...

On 25 April 1953, Watson and Crick published an article, in the acclaimed journal “Nature” titled “Molecular structure of nucleic acids: A structure for deoxyribonucleic acid”. The one-page article ...

When James Watson and Francis Crick described the double-helix structure of DNA in 1953, the moment appeared decisive and ...

In biology you must have come across the two types of cells, the prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells. These two are the most ...

Single-cell analysis fails to find a functional link between the organization of chromatin domain organization and gene activity.

In recent decades, peptide research has expanded beyond classical endocrine and paracrine paradigms toward a more nuanced understanding of short peptides as informational entities with the potential ...

How do cells know when to activate or slow down their activity? A team from the University of Geneva (UNIGE) provides new ...

This important study advances a new computational approach to measure and visualize gene expression specificity across different tissues and cell types. The framework is potentially helpful for ...

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital scientists have discovered how tumors disable immune "gatekeeper" cells that alert the rest of the immune system to the presence of cancer - and how restoring ...

Working on human pus in a medieval castle, Miescher discovered a substance that would eventually unlock our understanding of ...

Human cells adjust to ever-changing conditions while preserving internal states necessary for survival, but exactly how they ...