Every day, billions of cells in your body divide, helping to replace old and injured cells with new ones. And each time this ...

Your Neanderthal genes might be the reason you fight infections better- find out how ancient DNA shapes your health!

Astronauts Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Suni Williams are back on Earth after nearly nine months in space and readjusting to ...

Fast-evolving DNA gives human neurons greater complexity than chimps, aiding cognition but also increasing disease risk. A ...

Can reprogramming our genes make us young again? A breakthrough in longevity research may be nearing its first human trials.

Recently several teams have deployed CRISPR in an attempt to eliminate HIV from the DNA of human cells. The results have been only partially successful, but many scientists remain convinced that ...

New findings show that the mitochondria powering our cells also control the ability of a DNA repair protein to suppress the senescence-associated secretory phenotype (SASP), which causes zombie-like ...

Scientists based at The University of Manchester have conducted an ethical analysis of the medical use of artificial human DNA. The medical use of synthetic DNA challenges traditional associations ...

some forms of DNA damage evade repair and can persist for many years, new research shows. This means ... Dec. 18, 2024 — Scientists have generated human stem cell models which contain notochord ...

a global project that aims to map all the cells in the human body. The researchers built this map using single-nucleus RNA ...