A short period of heat stress changed genes in fruit flies, and these changes lasted for generations. Some offspring even ...

Over 98% of our DNA was once dismissed as ‘junk,’ but scientists are now uncovering its hidden roles in health, disease, and evolution. From microproteins to transposable elements, the dark genome ...

Every cell in the human body squeezes over six feet of DNA into a minuscule speck invisible to the naked eye—like compressing ...

In two new studies, researchers at the UC Davis MIND Institute have clarified how a long-banned group of chemicals, called ...

Understanding the interplay between nutrition and molecular biology is a rapidly evolving field that combines elements of nutrigenomics and metabolomics.