It has been claimed that because most of our DNA is active, it must be important, but now human-plant hybrid cells have been ...

A Northwestern Medicine study has revealed a previously unknown connection between two fundamental cellular processes, ...

Researchers say discoveries could expand the CRISPR toolbox and lead to more efficient, rapid diagnostic tools for detecting COVID-19, influenza, and RSV.

Scientists have uncovered genetic evidence that they say may be linked to the Renaissance master, but some experts are more ...

Dorota Skowronska-Krawczyk sits in her office, eyes fixed on the computer monitor in front of her. "You see it move its eye," ...

Bar-Ilan University research shows even jellyfish and sea anemones repair DNA during repose, underscoring the fact that a ...

Biology has always been an unruly science. Cells divide when they want to. Genes switch on and off like temperamental lights.

Greenland sharks preserve vision for centuries through DNA repair, offering clues for treating age-related eye disease.

Novel research led by Brazilian scientists describes the immune system's reactions in detail in the first living patient to ...

Researchers discover that insect sex systems influence the speed of mitochondrial evolution, impacting biodiversity tracking ...

Long before the Black Death killed millions across Europe in the Middle Ages, an earlier, more elusive version of the plague spread across much of Eurasia. For years, scientists were unsure how the ...

Long before modern medicine named and cataloged human herpesviruses, at least one of them was already quietly embedding ...