Researchers have gained new insights into the genetic basis of rye reproduction. They have demonstrated how plants recombine ...

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

A spider on the Canary Islands lost half its DNA but gained more genetic variety. Scientists say this changes how we ...

Naked mole-rats seem to have found nature’s cheat code for longevity. Scientists discovered that small tweaks in one of their ...

Scientists in Helsinki studied nearly 400 dog families to see how new DNA mutations arise in puppies. They found that older parents, especially fathers, pass on more genetic changes. The research ...

Unquestionably, we will emerge from this revolutionary period with modified views of components of cells and how they operate, but only, however, to await the emergence of the next revolutionary phase ...

A targeted drug combination delays advanced prostate cancer in men with specific DNA repair gene mutations. A large international study led by researchers at UCL has found that a new combination of dr ...