Learn how tardigrades are able to tolerate extreme radiation with a unique protein that unwinds their DNA.

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

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.

Leiden researchers, led by Sebastian Pomplun, have developed a new method to screen hundreds of thousands of molecules for ...

Cold-activated DNA repair protein in bowhead whales boosts longevity and radiation resistance in lab tests, say media reports ...

How does the cell convert DNA into working proteins? The process of translation can be seen as the decoding of instructions for making proteins, involving mRNA in transcription as well as tRNA. But ...

From fasting to low-protein diets, the evolving science of dietary restriction might just offer the key to slowing ageing ...

Chemists at the National University of Singapore (NUS) have found a new use for deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), not just as ...

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

A better understanding of protein glycosylation offers insights into disease mechanisms and helps improve therapeutic medicines.