A new study from the University of Tokyo suggests gray hair might be a natural defense against skin cancer. Researchers found that when pigment stem c ...

Napoleon I led an army of around 550,000 soldiers to invade Russia in June 1812, but they didn't make it home. | Microbiology ...

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

They found that several common cancers in the United States are heavily linked to things people do in their daily lives. Skin cancers—like melanoma, basal cell carcinoma, and squamous cell ...

A major US study reveals that marijuana use leaves measurable chemical traces in DNA, altering genes related to mental health ...

T he bowhead whale is the world’s longest-living mammal, sometimes making it to a staggering 200 years old. How does it do it ...

For decades, scientists believed the essence of life was written solely in four chemical bases: A, C, T, and G. Together, ...

Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) emerged in the US about 15 years ago as an exciting class of cancer treatments that have ...

Researchers have developed an AI-assisted technology that can identify and tag chromosomal abnormalities in cells.

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

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

Researchers have uncovered microbial evidence in the remains of Napoleon’s soldiers from the 1812 Russian retreat. Genetic ...