引言细胞的基因组（genome）通常被看作一座严密管理的档案库：DNA安置在细胞核（nucleus）中，外有核膜隔离，内有染色质结构组织。可一旦染色体分离出错、DNA受损，这套秩序就可能被打破。5月19日，《Cell》的研究报道“Genome ...

DNA can voyage along intercellular highways called tunneling nanotubes. It’s a phenomenon that could potentially spread tumor ...

Techniques for analyzing DNA have advanced, enabling scientists to better understand disease outbreaks throughout history.

Scientists at Children's Medical Center Research Institute at UT Southwestern (CRI) have discovered that large pieces of DNA ...

Scientists analyzing the genomes of thousands of people across Japan discovered evidence for a previously overlooked third ...

DNA methylation plays an important role in separating us genetically from our closest relatives.

April 14, 2025 – Genome Research (https://genome.org) publishes a second special issue highlighting advances in long-read sequencing applications in biology and medicine. In this second Special Issue, ...

Early in development, a group of migrating cells called cranial neural crest cells go on to form many different parts of the face, including the nose, jaw, ears, and throat. To build these structures ...

When it comes to cancer, tumor suppressor genes are usually thought of as the "good guys." These genes make proteins that ...

In recent years, Egyptologists’ understanding of the period of stability and prosperity that emerged at the end of the 4th millennium B.C.E. known as the Old Kingdom has begun to change. Excavations ...