Every cell in the body has the same DNA, but different cell types—such as muscle or brain cells—use different parts of it.

Although heart cells and skin cells contain identical instructions for creating proteins encoded in their DNA, they're able ...

Around the globe, heart disease remains one of the top causes of death. Once patients begin to suffer from serious heart ...

Michael Buck, PhD, professor of biochemistry in the Jacobs School, recently received NIH funding to explore how molecular readers of DNA access and activate seemingly hidden genes.