King’s College London researchers discovered that parts of our DNA once thought to be “junk” can actually help destroy cancer ...

One of the biggest challenges in cancer treatment is chemoresistance: Tumors that initially respond well to chemotherapy ...

Naked mole-rats seem to have found nature’s cheat code for longevity. Scientists discovered that small tweaks in one of their ...

Bowhead whales—the only warm-blooded mammal that outlives humans—can survive for 200 years and seldom get age-related diseases like cancer ...

A gene that helped bowheads adapt to frigid Arctic waters also granted them extraordinary longevity. Could it help aging ...

In a first for adults in Singapore, scientists are conducting gene editing trials on heart patients to correct defects at ...

A label-free nanopore platform uses programmable DNA circuits to build versatile molecular logic gates, forming a universal basis for scalable DNA computing and advanced biosensing applications.

New research from the University of Wisconsin–Madison reveals that dysfunction in a protein essential to maintaining ...

A new study of the bizarre naked mole rat shows that the animals have evolved a DNA repair mechanism that could explain their longevity. These burrow-dwelling rats have a maximum life span of nearly ...

Researchers found that losing a second protein, FIGNL1, allows cancer cells missing BRCA2 to restore DNA repair by reloading ...

When it comes to treating disease, one promising avenue is addressing the presence of senescent cells. These cells—also known ...

Tardigrades make a unique damage suppressor protein that researchers are working to harness for medicine, space, agriculture, ...