In human cells, there are about 20,000 genes on a two-meter DNA strand—finely coiled up in a nucleus about 10 micrometers in ...

To make the behavior of DNA understandable and predictable, the researchers combine lab experiments with computer simulations. (Photo: Lennart ...

Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) targets important cells of our immune system, making infected individuals more ...

Dr. McAdams, a physicist at Stanford, was struck by the way biologists drew figures filled with arrows to show how different ...

Unlike every other kind of cell in your body, healthy, mature red blood cells have no nucleus. The nucleus is ejected from ...

Northwestern Medicine scientists have discovered how a common virus linked to birth defects and chronic illness manipulates its host's DNA, according to a new study published in Nature Communications.