An ancient viral insertion silences LINC00662 in chimpanzee cells, while the gene is active during early human brain ...

A Lund University study connects repetitive noncoding DNA with a gene-regulatory pathway that influences developmental timing ...

Single-cell profiling of nearly 2,000 people brings scientists closer to understanding the link between genetic variation, gene expression and health.

BackgroundMuch of what we know about biology comes from animal models, particularly mice. Applying these insights to humans, however, is not always ...

Origin-recognition complex (ORC) plays an unexpectedly broad role in the regulation of human cell gene expression, according to a study in the journal Cell Reports. "This is the first detailed study ...

Unrelated virus. (Heather Davies/SPL/Getty Images) Some pieces of our DNA can copy themselves into new locations. Copies derived from one gene active in human brain cells appear to have taken that ...

Sequencing the human genome was once thought to be the key to understanding genetic diversity and disease, but gene ...

A gene involved in RNA processing improved aging-related cell features and extended median lifespan in a small mouse ...

A new review argues that only metatranscriptomics can distinguish which gut antibiotic resistance genes are actively ...

“This is the first detailed study of how and where ORC regulates epigenetics and gene expression in human cells,” said Anindya Dutta, Ph.D., leader of the study and chair of the University of Alabama ...