In the icy waters of the Arctic lives a giant whose longevity challenges commonly accepted biological laws. The bowhead whale ...

A team of scientists at the University of Seville has identified an essential process that protects DNA integrity in reproductive cells, providing new clues about how organisms avoid genetic defects ...

In a groundbreaking discovery, scientists have cracked the DNA code of the longest living mammal, the bowhead whale, revealing a mechanism that could potentially prolong the human lifespan ...

Bigger animals such as whales and elephants, should have a higher risk of succumbing to cancer as they have more cells dividing over a longer period, leaving more room for mutations.

The study highlights the importance of DNA repair systems in fertility and healthy development, and could pave the way for new research into reproductive disorders in humans ...

Ageing is inevitable but the rate of decline can be offset by regular exercise, says Dr Paul Taylor, author of 'The Hardiness Effect' ...

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

An international team led by researchers from King's College London (KCL) has now found that stubbornly persistent blood ...

Bowhead whales can live over 200 years thanks to a protein that helps their cells repair DNA damage efficiently.

Spaceflight rewires the human body. Muscles shrink, bones thin and fluids shift towards the brain – but these changes may ...

In a study published this week in the journal Nature, researchers found that the key to the whales’ lifespans is a ...

The team found that neurons from individuals with postmortem CTE diagnoses had specific abnormal patterns of somatic genome ...