Researchers discovered that bowhead whales achieve extraordinary longevity and cancer resistance through highly efficient and ...

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 ...

Brains with chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) show DNA damage similar to Alzheimer’s. Study links genetic stress to ...

In a study published this week in the journal Nature, researchers found that the key to the whales’ lifespans is a ...

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

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

New research from the University of Wisconsin–Madison reveals that dysfunction in a protein essential to maintaining ...

Two companion studies published in Cancer Research by scientists at Moffitt Cancer Center identify distinct but complementary ...

HUMANS could live for centuries after scientists have cracked the DNA code of the longest living mammal. The bowhead whale that can live for more than 200 years could hold the key to prolonging ...

Bigger animals such as whales and elephants, should have a higher risk of succumbing to cancer as they have more cells dividing over a longer period, leaving more room for mutations.

Bowhead whales—some of the longest-lived mammals on the planet—may owe their impressive lifespans to a knack for cellular ...

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