Researchers have discovered how cells activate a last-resort DNA repair system when severe damage strikes. When genetic ...

Find out which animals live the longest and what clues this gives us for potentially slowing down human aging.

When DNA breaks, cells must repair it accurately to prevent harmful mutations. Researchers have discovered that during a key repair process called homologous recombination, the cell uses loops in its ...

As people grow older, their immune systems do not simply slow down, they often become locked into a simmering, ...

Why does cancer sometimes recur even after successful treatment, or why do some bacteria survive despite the use of powerful ...

A new study published today in Science Translational Medicine by researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center details a therapeutic vulnerability in  patients with an aggressive ...

Our DNA is compacted and arranged into chromosomes, most of which are shaped like X’s. The ends of the chromosomes arms are ...

These sequences are extremely prone to mutations and rank among the most functionally important regions in the entire human ...

Scientists from Kolkata-based Bose Institute have created GlowCas9 -- a CRISPR protein that lights up while performing gene editing -- to help boost treatment of genetic diseases and cancer, said the ...

One ocean-dwelling creature found in many tropic waters is known to be able to reserve its own life cycle, cheating death.

Corinne Van Hoven, a senior honors medical diagnostics major, spent the summer conducting cancer research at Fox Chase Cancer ...