The research represents a major step forward in revealing how the three dimensional form of DNA shapes the way human biology functions. In a major step toward understanding how the physical form of ...

In the last decade, archaeologists have learned to read the genetic traces that ancient humans and Neanderthals left not only ...

A team of researchers has generated one of the most detailed 3D maps of human chromosomes, cataloging over 140,000 DNA looping interactions.

A microscopic flaw in the brain’s cellular scaffolding can shape brain size for life.

A four–amino acid peptide called CAQK has shown powerful brain-protective effects in animal models of traumatic brain injury. Delivered through a standard IV, it zeroes in on injured brain tissue, ...

A new study in the lab of Jason Stein, Ph.D., modeled brain development in a dish to identify cells and genes that influence ...

A new study shows, for the first time, how the human genome folds and moves in 3D over time to control when genes turn on and ...

A new study challenges what's long been assumed about genetic variants thought to always cause inherited blindness.

In a landmark effort to understand how the physical structure of our DNA influences human biology, Northwestern investigators and the 4D Nucleome Project have unveiled the most detailed maps to date ...

New 3D genome maps reveal how DNA folding controls gene activity, offering fresh clues into disease and cell function.

Endometrial model will revolutionise what we know about embryo development during implantation, supporting our understanding of the causes of early pregnancy loss and serious pregnancy complications.

One of the most detailed 3D maps of how the human chromosomes are organized and folded within a cell's nucleus is published ...