Sections of DNA once dismissed as dormant and useless could in fact be recruited to fight certain types of drug-resistant ...

At times, aging doesn’t become evident in wrinkles or in gray hair, it occurs deep inside your body, in cells that have ...

Researchers developed an experimental method to convert skin cells into eggs, potentially allowing older women and same-sex ...

Brains with chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) show DNA damage similar to Alzheimer’s. Study links genetic stress to ...

DNA, often called the blueprint of life, is built from four chemical building blocks known as deoxy-nucleoside triphosphates ...

When it comes to treating disease, one promising avenue is addressing the presence of senescent cells. These cells—also known ...

King’s College London researchers discovered that parts of our DNA once thought to be “junk” can actually help destroy cancer ...

Scientists have used human skin cells to produce functional eggs using a new scientific technique they say could one day help ...

MIT researchers discovered that the genome’s 3D structure doesn’t vanish during cell division as previously thought. Instead, ...

Our experiences leave traces in the brain, stored in small groups of cells called engrams. Engrams are thought to hold the ...