A new study from MIT suggests that a carcinogen that has been found in medications and in drinking water contaminated by ...

Scientists now recognize that spontaneous DNA errors, which we acquire in early development all the way until our last breath ...

Scientists from Skoltech and the University of Potsdam have developed a physical theory that sheds light on how molecular ...

Researchers at the MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences (LMS) and Imperial College London have identified an overworked cog in ...

Serially cloned mice hit a genetic “dead end” by generation 58, underscoring that sex evolved for variation, purging harmful ...

New research suggests DNA may not need activation, challenging a long-held idea about how life began and reshaping ...

Temporarily disabling a protein complex that organizes DNA into loops inside the cell's nucleus drastically disrupted the ...

As the cell approaches division, it produces the DNA of its future daughter cell (red). While the goal of simulating a real, ...

Processes such as wound healing, hair growth, and the continual renewal of cells all rely on cell division. In this process, chromosomes must be evenly distributed between two daughter cells. Even ...

Scientists have identified a new RNA molecule that may play a key role in improving survival in cancer patients.

All processes such as wound healing, hair growth, and the replacement of old cells with new ones depend on cell division.

Chips seeded with the astronauts’ bone marrow cells circled the moon to help probe how deep-space flight affects human ...