Link found between super-agers, or people with exceptional longevity, to inherited DNA from Ice Age hunter-gatherer ...

Leaf senescence determines the duration of photosynthesis, nutrient remobilization efficiency, and ultimately crop yield and ...

Researchers at The Institute of Cancer Research, London identified the CIP2A–TOPBP1 complex as a master regulator of DNA repair during mitosis, coordinating backup pathways that protect chromosomes ...

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

Scientists hunting for the DNA of famed Renaissance artist and scientist Leonardo da Vinci say they’ve made a ...

In a first, scientists have extracted DNA from a Renaissance-era drawing attributed to Leonardo da Vinci, but they can't be ...

The evolutionary drive to maintain neurons that we see in jellyfish and sea anemones is perhaps one of the reasons why sleep is essential for humans today, Appelbaum said.

The conservation of genome regulatory elements over long periods of evolution is not limited to vertebrates, as previously ...

Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine have led the first clinical trial in the world to show ...

By using a patient's DNA to craft personalized drug treatments, doctors can increase the efficacy and better the outcomes of ...

Experts investigated Leonardo da Vinci's multiple artworks and found DNA crumbs in this one painting.

Members of a new class of antivirals are being tested in U.S. clinical trials, and one has gained approval in Japan, but how ...