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

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

One of the biggest challenges in cancer treatment is chemoresistance: Tumors that initially respond well to chemotherapy ...

Naked mole-rats seem to have found nature’s cheat code for longevity. Scientists discovered that small tweaks in one of their ...

Bowhead whales—the only warm-blooded mammal that outlives humans—can survive for 200 years and seldom get age-related diseases like cancer ...

A new study of the bizarre naked mole rat shows that the animals have evolved a DNA repair mechanism that could explain their longevity. These burrow-dwelling rats have a maximum life span of nearly ...

New research from the University of Wisconsin–Madison reveals that dysfunction in a protein essential to maintaining ...

A label-free nanopore platform uses programmable DNA circuits to build versatile molecular logic gates, forming a universal basis for scalable DNA computing and advanced biosensing applications.

A gene that helped bowheads adapt to frigid Arctic waters also granted them extraordinary longevity. Could it help aging ...

Naked mole rats live for up to 40 years, compared to about three years for a mouse [Washington Post via Getty Images] They are weird, bald, subterranean rodents that look like sausages with teeth, and ...

Four subtle tweaks to an enzyme could help explain why naked mole rats can live for nearly 30 years, an unusually long lifespan for creatures their size. In a study 1, published in Science today, ...

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