New research suggests that the heart's constant mechanical force may inhibit cancer cell growth, explaining its rarity in ...

Researchers have uncovered a fundamental rule that governs how genes are physically arranged inside the cell nucleus, and how ...

What makes them unique: Plant cells have structures like cell walls, large vacuoles, and chloroplasts, enabling photosynthesis and giving them shape and strength unlike animal cells. How they capture ...

Misshapen proteins cause a mess of trouble—particularly in neurodegenerative diseases. But a new study suggests it's possible ...

Researchers from Queen Mary University of London have uncovered a previously unknown mechanism by which HIV-1 can infect ...

Researchers from Queen Mary University of London have uncovered a previously unknown mechanism by which HIV-1 can infect ...

Researchers have found that a fat-burning enzyme also helps preserve healthy body fat, overturning its long-standing role as a simple, fuel-releasing switch. The discovery helps explain why losing ...

Researchers from Queen Mary University of London have uncovered a previously unknown mechanism by which HIV-1 can infect resting immune cells. The ...

A study reveals chromatin moves in constrained or freer patterns, shaping how genes contact regulatory elements and repair ...

Gene expression is controlled, in part, by the interactions between genes and regulatory elements located along the genome.

Gene expression is controlled, in part, by the interactions between genes and regulatory elements located along the genome. Those interactions depend ...