Researchers create a massive single-cell atlas of the aging mouse brain, revealing how epigenetic changes and "jumping genes" drive neurodegeneration.

Neurodegenerative diseases affect more than 57 million people globally. The incidence of these diseases, from Alzheimer's to Parkinson's to ALS and beyond, is expected to double every 20 years. Though ...

Researchers used molecular signatures in mobile DNA to trace the evolutionary origins of the cultivated strawberry genome.

To understand how organisms are related, researchers use molecular information to construct phylogenetic trees. Most of the time, scientists use thousands of protein-coding sequences to determine ...

A study conducted by researchers from Japan, China, Canada, and the U.S. found that DNA once considered "junk" makes up nearly half of the human genome. This "junk" DNA comes from transposable ...

Heterochromatin, sometimes known as the “dark side of the genome,” is a poorly studied fraction of DNA that makes up about half of our genetic material. For more than 50 years scientists have puzzled ...

Transposable elements (TEs) comprise the majority of the human genome. In most somatic tissues, TEs are silenced by DNA methylation and histone modifications. Tumors exhibit changes in DNA methylation ...

Over half of our genomes consists of thousands of remnants of ancient viral DNA, known as transposable elements, which are widespread across the tree of life. Once dismissed as the 'dark side' of the ...

Elements, the planning tech firm known for its financial vitals system for advisors, has introduced a new feature aimed at improving goal-setting and client outcomes. On Tuesday, the wealth tech ...