A naturally occurring gene called Cyclin A2 (CCNA2), which turns off after birth in humans, can actually make new, functioning heart cells and help the heart repair itself from injury, including a ...

By restructuring a common chemotherapy drug, scientists increased its potency by 20,000 times. In a significant step forward ...

A tigress is not just a provider of food; she is the cubs’ entire environment. In the wild, she regulates their temperature with her body heat and transfers immunity through milk.

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

Genetic tweaks allowed early humans to stand, balance and walk on two legs instead of moving on all fours like other primates, according to researchers.

A startling discovery has reignited one of science’s oldest questions: where did life truly begin? Researchers analyzing a ...

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

A study reveals that a protein called RPA is essential for maintaining chromosome stability by stimulating telomerase. New findings from the-Madison suggest that problems with a key protein that helps ...

The genetic link between bones discovered thousands of miles away from each other suggests a prehistoric migration route.

Donald Lawless, a man originally from Ohio with a long criminal history, has been identified as the suspect in Marilyn Decker ...

Spaceflight rewires the human body. Muscles shrink, bones thin and fluids shift towards the brain – but these changes may ...

DNA shines a light back into the past, showing us things that fossils can't. But how far back can that light extend? Some of the oldest DNA sequences come from mastodon and polar bear fossils about 50 ...