Cells are enveloped by a lipid membrane that gives them structure and provides a barrier between the cell and its environment ...

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances are used across industries, and are present in waterproof clothing, makeup, carpets, ...

Weill Cornell Medicine researchers have found that temporarily disabling a protein complex that organizes DNA into loops ...

If scientists could shrink themselves to microscopic size and take a journey through the human body—like the submarine crew ...

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

Mitochondria don’t just generate energy—they also carefully organize their own DNA in a surprisingly elegant way. Scientists have discovered that a long-overlooked phenomenon called “mitochondrial ...

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 ...

As we age, stem cells responsible for maintaining our blood and immune systems gradually lose their resilience, but why this happens has remained unclear. A novel study from Japan and the US turns the ...