分子生物学家长期认为，基因的起点仅仅是转录过程的“启动开关”——DNA被复制为RNA，进而指导蛋白质合成。然而，波士顿大学与马萨诸塞大学陈医学院联合在《Science》上发表的最新研究，彻底颠覆了这一传统认知。研究发现，基因的起点和终点并非孤立运作， ...

Reflecting on the technological leap that made this discovery possible, MacQuarrie noted: “We’ve spent 70 years learning to read the genetic code. Understanding this new geometric code became possible ...

MIT researchers discovered that the genome’s 3D structure doesn’t vanish during cell division as previously thought. Instead, ...

One hundred years after the heroic journey to Nome, scientists reveal how Balto's DNA explains his incredible endurance and ...

The Department of Bioethics will host a talk with Charles Rotimi, scientific director of the National Human Genome Research Institute at the National Institutes of Health, Tuesday, Sept. 20, from 11 a ...

Around 45 percent of human DNA is made up of transposable elements, or TEs—genetic leftovers from now-extinct viruses that scientists once believed to be “junk DNA.” But that view is changing, and a ...

Through cutting-edge methods and advanced artificial intelligence analysis, UNC Charlotte researchers leading a ...