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 ...

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

The DNA in our cells is constantly damaged, with the most severe being the simultaneous breakage of both strands that compose ...

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

Like AI, cells change and learn from experience, while unlike computer chips they arrive naturally preprogrammed ...

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

The story of this potentially paradigmatic development begins where so much of human health begins: the mitochondria.

Each cell in our bodies carries about two meters of DNA in its nucleus, packed into a tiny volume of just a few hundred cubic ...

Scientists have developed a DNA nanoflower that delivers chemotherapy and gene therapy directly to breast cancer cells, showing improved tumour targeting and reduced side effects in early tests.

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

Researchers at the University of Oxford and Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have uncovered the mechanism by which cells ...