A new study has revealed that "junk DNA" descended from ancient viruses could play a key role in controlling genes.

Proteins sustain life as we know it, serving many important structural and functional roles throughout the body. But these ...

A research team from Kumamoto University has made a groundbreaking discovery that reveals how the human T-cell leukemia virus ...

Proteins sustain life as we know it, serving many important structural and functional roles throughout the body. But these ...

Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related death globally, often diagnosed in later stages due to subtle or absent ...

The recoded bacterium uses only 57 of the 64 possible genetic codes, freeing up seven to be used for different purposes ...

Animals that hibernate are incredibly resilient. They can spend months without food or water, muscles refusing to atrophy, ...

Scientists found genetic elements linked to hibernation in the human genome. Tapping into them could produce a new wave of ...

Hibernating animals' amazing abilities could lie within our own DNA—and perhaps their resilience could one day be ours too.

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

Genome editing, also referred to as gene editing, is a group of technologies that enables scientists to change an organism’s ...

Ancient cultural blending is shown by the Egyptian genome. This is a genetic connection to Mesopotamia dating back nearly 5,000 years says researchers ...