At times, aging doesn’t become evident in wrinkles or in gray hair, it occurs deep inside your body, in cells that have ceased to divide but are still alive. These “zombie cells,” or senescent cells ...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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, ...

The genetic link between bones discovered thousands of miles away from each other suggests a prehistoric migration route.