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

A trio of mRNA molecules could help guard against the harmful effects of aging on immune cells, a study in mice finds. A new ...

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

Switches' in our DNA that affect gene activity in cells could be crucial to understanding and possibly treating Alzheimer's ...

A new CRISPR breakthrough shows scientists can turn genes back on without cutting DNA, by removing chemical tags that act ...

AI maps fleeting DNA quadruplexes, revealing paired structures that control genes in healthy cells and cancer.

Randomness inside cells can decide whether a cancer returns after chemotherapy or whether an infection survives antibiotics.

Research reveals that five DNA letters can switch chromatin between fluid and solid-like states, influencing gene ...

For decades, biology textbooks taught that DNA’s story could be told with a single image: two elegant strands twisting in a ...

The cancer drugs called PARP inhibitors have a puzzling reputation: even though they are treatment mainstays for multiple forms of cancer, they can damage cancer-killing T cells and disrupt the ...

Biology has always been an unruly science. Cells divide when they want to. Genes switch on and off like temperamental lights.