Select Agents (SAs) are listed dangerous bacteria, viruses, toxins, and fungi. However, natural variation and intentional genetic modification blur the boundaries of a Select Agent list based on names ...

A new study shows, for the first time, how the human genome folds and moves in 3D over time to control when genes turn on and ...

A new international study suggests that ancient viral DNA embedded in our genome, which were long dismissed as genetic "junk," may actually play powerful roles in regulating gene expression. Focusing ...

One person’s junk is another’s treasure. An international team of scientists have found that strings of “junk” DNA in the human genome that were previously written off as having no useful function are ...