In tissue biopsies, cancer cells are frequently observed to have nuclei (the cell's genetic information storage) larger than normal. Until now, this ...

Studies show 3 in 10,000 people develop heart cancer. In comparison, 1 in 20 women are expected to develop breast cancer. Why is that?

Challen A gene called DNMT3A is important for guiding blood stem cells into forming all the cell types present in blood, ...

Scientists are exploring how RNA might have jump-started life four billion years ago and how it's now advancing drug ...

The world's oldest DNA comes from a 2.4 million-year-old ecosystem in Greenland. Will scientists eventually sequence even older DNA?

When a key protein regulator dials down DNA repair mechanisms, our cells accumulate more mutations, which may cause us to age ...

Before a cell divides, its DNA is replicated so that each daughter cell inherits the same genetic information. The two copies ...

Organelles spit out DNA contaminated with damaging components, leading to the activation of inflammatory enzymes, mouse ...

An innovative use of skin cells could provide a route for gay couples or women with fertility problems to have children they ...

A new study in fruit flies describes how an animal's gut reacts differently to beneficial microbes versus harmful pathogens.