In a groundbreaking discovery, scientists have cracked the DNA code of the longest living mammal, the bowhead whale, revealing a mechanism that could potentially prolong the human lifespan ...

Bowhead whales produce a unique protein that repairs DNA damage, a discovery that could help humans extend lifespan and ...

IN THE northernmost reaches of the globe, beneath thick sea ice, a bowhead whale can live for over two hundred years.These whales spend their winters in the depths of the ocean, coming up to breathe ...

In the icy waters of the Arctic lives a giant whose longevity challenges commonly accepted biological laws. The bowhead whale ...

Nature's oldest creatures defy aging rules. Greenland sharks live nearly 400 years. Ocean quahogs reach over 500 years.

It has the largest mouth of any animal and uses its truck-sized curved head to batter through Arctic ice to surface from the depths. And while swimming in freezing waters and smashing cranium-first up ...

The FDA has approved Kygevvi (doxecitine and doxribtimine) for the treatment of TK2d in adults and pediatric patients with an age of symptom onset on or before 12 years.

Many plants including cocoa, coffee and avocado cannot be gene-edited but a technique involving grafting could change that, ...

Researchers are one step closer to understanding how some plants survive without nitrogen. Their work could eventually reduce ...

A team of scientists at the University of Seville has identified an essential process that protects DNA integrity in reproductive cells, providing new clues about how organisms avoid genetic defects ...

Virginia Tech researchers have shown that memory loss in aging may be reversible. Using CRISPR tools, they corrected molecular disruptions in the hippocampus and amygdala, restoring memory in older ...

Translation factors eIF1A and eIF5B are key repressors of an abnormal protein translation process linked to neurodegenerative ...