After 10 years, members of the 4D Nucleome consortium have successfully completed the first phase of a project that aims to map the 3D organization of the human genome and how it changes over time, ...
While 92% of the human genome was sequenced in 2003, scientists have struggled to map the remaining 8%. Until now. David Lumb is a senior reporter covering mobile and gaming spaces. Over the last ...
First, let’s start with the basics. All living things have a genome. Genomes are made of DNA. Each of your cells has a copy of your genome packed inside of it. You can think of it like an instruction ...
We often think of biological arms races occurring between the immune system and pathogens, or predator and prey, but biologists have now discovered an example that plays out within a single genome.