For the most part, every cell in the body has the same DNA, but each cell type, like brain or insulin-producing cells, uses it differently to perform specific functions. Epigenetic factors, which ...

One of the most detailed 3D maps of how the human chromosomes are organized and folded within a cell's nucleus is published in Nature. Chromosomes are thread-like structures that carry a cell's ...

MIT researchers discovered that the genome’s 3D structure doesn’t vanish during cell division as previously thought. Instead, tiny loops called microcompartments remain (and even strengthen) while ...