It has been claimed that because most of our DNA is active, it must be important, but now human-plant hybrid cells have been ...

Scientists have uncovered a gut-specific epigenetic aging mechanism that links inflammation and iron imbalance to cancer risk ...

Long before a liver tumor appears, a high-fat diet can push liver cells into a risky survival mode. That is the central ...

Accutane, known generically as isotretinoin, is not simply a strong acne medication. It is a systemic retinoid that ...

Three start-ups are aiming to create gene-edited babies. Columnist Michael Le Page has no doubt that editing our offspring ...

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MIT researchers are using living cells to target diseased brain areas and deliver tiny electronic devices that can modulate ...

Calcium (Ca2+) drives many cellular functions, though the way it controls quality of proteins in the endoplasmic reticulum ...

What scientists long believed were knots in DNA may actually be persistent twists formed during nanopore analysis, revealing ...

Background Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a leading cause of cancer mortality with limited therapeutic options. Despite ...

A vaccine in development would be the first proactive treatment for overdose and fentanyl addiction, if approved. A vaccine ...