Ever since the cell was recognized as the basic unit of life almost 200 years ago, biologists have been on a quest to characterize and classify the myriads of distinct cell types that make up each ...

Essentially all cells in an organism's body have the same genetic blueprint, or genome, but the set of genes that are actively expressed at any given time in a cell determines what type of cell it ...

Tiny tweaks in DNA folding can have big effects. A study from Umeå University shows that even the most subtle changes in DNA's shape have an important influence on gene activity and energy production.