Long dismissed as evolutionary leftovers, segments of DNA once labeled “junk” may now offer a novel way to kill off deadly ...

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

A recent study has revealed how adjusting the body’s internal rhythm might protect the brain from Alzheimer’s damage. The discovery opens the door to treatments that align the body’s clock with brain ...

Analysis - If you're reading this there's a good chance that you, like me, are a millennial. If so, you've probably noticed more and more cases of friends or acquaintances with diseases that you would ...

All over the world people are ageing more rapidly and succumbing to diseases that typically affected the elderly. But there ...

Investigators from Mass General Brigham have developed a way to promote antitumor immunity by hijacking cellular machinery within cancer cells.

A troop of macaques escaped one of the largest primate-breeding facilities in America. Now a strange coalition of ...

Overall, there are 4 recent analyst reviews on file for VistaGen, and they are unanimously positive, supporting the Strong ...

Understanding how cells turn genes on and off is one of biology's most enduring mysteries. Now, a new technology developed by ...

A naturally occurring gene called Cyclin A2 (CCNA2), which turns off after birth in humans, can actually make new, functioning heart cells and help the heart repair itself from injury, including a ...

In the fight against disease, programmed cell death – also known as apoptosis – is a key protective function of the body. It ...

Over the course of evolution, the human heart has largely lost its ability to regenerate. Our distant ancestors were not ...