The secret to cellular youth may depend on keeping the nucleolus—a condensed structure inside the nucleus of a cell—small, ...

With the exception of red blood cells, which contain no nucleus and no nuclear DNA, every one of these cells contains the human genome -- a string of three billion A's, C's, G's, and T's.

Brianna Donovan wanted to know whether people are more closely related to their child or their siblings and the internet didn ...

New research from the Kind Group at the Hubrecht Institute sheds light on how cells repair damaged DNA. For the first time, ...

A study described the three-dimensional architecture of turtle genomes, which fold in a configuration unlike any other animal observed so far.

Explore the role of cell-free DNA biomarkers in differentiating Parkinson’s disease and multiple system atrophy (MSA).

Researchers at the Centre (CRG) reveal that metabolic enzymes known for their roles in energy production and nucleotide synthesis are taking on unexpected "second jobs" within the nucleus, ...

The central dogma of biology defines the flow of genetic information: It describes how proteins are made from mRNA templates, ...

Once you've had obesity, fat cells conspire to keep you fat, no matter how much weight you lose. These cells 'remember' and ...

The nucleus inside a cell is an important organelle involved in almost all biological phenomena, such as DNA replication and transcription. However, little progress has been made in studying the ...