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

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

One of the biggest challenges in cancer treatment is chemoresistance: Tumors that initially respond well to chemotherapy ...

Bowhead whales—the only warm-blooded mammal that outlives humans—can survive for 200 years and seldom get age-related diseases like cancer ...

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

A label-free nanopore platform uses programmable DNA circuits to build versatile molecular logic gates, forming a universal basis for scalable DNA computing and advanced biosensing applications.

A gene that helped bowheads adapt to frigid Arctic waters also granted them extraordinary longevity. Could it help aging ...

In a first for adults in Singapore, scientists are conducting gene editing trials on heart patients to correct defects at ...

One of the biggest challenges in cancer treatment is chemoresistance: tumors that initially respond well to chemotherapy become resistant over time ...

When it comes to treating disease, one promising avenue is addressing the presence of senescent cells. These cells—also known ...

Tardigrades make a unique damage suppressor protein that researchers are working to harness for medicine, space, agriculture, ...

Could yeast and humans be any more different? Going by looks alone, probably not. But peering into our genomes reveals ...