Estrogen is known as an important hormone, and it can control many functions by regulating the activity of hundreds of genes.
New 3D genome maps reveal how DNA folding controls gene activity, offering fresh clues into disease and cell function.
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The first 3D mapping of the human genome

The genetic heritage is not a simple, static list inside the cell nucleus. It unfolds into a dynamic architecture whose ...
A team of researchers has generated one of the most detailed 3D maps of human chromosomes, cataloging over 140,000 DNA looping interactions.
The research represents a major step forward in revealing how the three dimensional form of DNA shapes the way human biology functions. In a major step toward understanding how the physical form of ...
Research reveals that five DNA letters can switch chromatin between fluid and solid-like states, influencing gene ...
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 ...
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The Shape of Your DNA Matters

Researchers created the most detailed maps yet of the genome’s three-dimensional organization using human stem cells and ...
This microbe can survive doses of radiation that would obliterate any other living thing. Here’s what this means for science ...
Scientists depicted the four-dimensional genome model to reveal how DNA folding regulates genes. The discovery helps ...
WIRED spoke with DeepMind’s Pushmeet Kohli about the recent past—and promising future—of the Nobel Prize-winning research ...