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Researchers attempt to estimate how much of the human genome’s methylation patterns can be attributed to genetic ancestry.

Researchers describe how gene expression in different human brain regions is altered with age.

Ethanol triggers starvation-activated neurons, leading mice to overeat. 

As the NIH questions the place of preprints in grant applications, the U.K.’s MRC encourages scientists to submit non-peer–reviewed works for consideration.

A new fabrication strategy enables scientists to manufacture fully biocompatible, implantable medical devices. 

A visual motion-sensing brain region found in all four-limbed vertebrates displays unique properties in Anna’s hummingbirds.

A study shows that different fibril formations in the brains of deceased patients seem to correlate with various Alzheimer’s disease subtypes. 

Balto, Togo, and other huskies famously delivered life-saving serum to a remote Alaskan town in 1925—but newspapers didn’t tell the whole story. 

Eukaryotes prevent secondary RNA structures called G-quadruplexes, commonly observed in vitro, from forming in the cell. 

Vaccine-induced macrophages open a new realm of study into remodeling the immune system to reduce the risk of infections during cancer treatment.

Plants grown in dry soil produce offspring that are hardier in drought conditions, and DNA methylation appears responsible. 

After initially discovering that DNA methylation represses transcription, Howard Cedar continues to explore how the epigenetic mark regulates gene expression.