Learn more about bowhead whales and how they routinely see out their 200th birthday — and this DNA-repair protein might just ...

Is the key to living over 200 hidden in the icy sea of the Arctic? The bowhead whale, an 80,000-kilogram insulating blubber ...

Your DNA is continually damaged by sources both inside and outside your body. One especially severe form of damage called a double-strand break involves the severing of both strands of the DNA double ...

Researchers have discovered how a metabolite involved in repairing damaged DNA not only controls a person’s sensitivity to cancer therapies but can also protect healthy tissues from damage. The ...

Bowhead whales boost DNA repair to live centuries and extend human longevity potential Bowhead whale protein enhances ...

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

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

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

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Francesca Storici, Georgia Institute of Technology (THE CONVERSATION) Your DNA is ...