The human genome consists of 3 billion base pairs, and when a cell divides, it takes about seven hours to complete making a ...

Scientists at the Center for Cell Dynamics, School of Biological and Behavioral Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, in ...

Ancient viruses left a legacy in your DNA. And it turns out, that legacy may be helping shape who you are.

Your brain has its own elite defense team — and new research shows these "guardian" cells might be the real battleground for ...

Cancer cells mount an instant, energy‑rich response to being physically squeezed, according to a study published in the ...

A team led by Prof. GAO Caixia from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences ...

In a giant feat of genetic engineering, scientists have created bacteria that make proteins in a radically different way than ...

Scientists have developed a chemical method to reverse aging in human cells without the need for genetic modification.

Advanced light microscopy techniques are giving scientists a new understanding of human biology and what goes wrong in ...

The cancer drugs called PARP inhibitors have a puzzling reputation: even though they are treatment mainstays for multiple ...

Researchers have discovered a secret super power that cancer cells exhibit while squeezing themselves through our bodies. The ...

A small but enthusiastic group of neuroscientists is exhuming overlooked experiments and performing new ones to explore ...