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

A team of University of Alberta researchers has developed a cardio-oncology drug that protects the heart from chemotherapy ...

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

Background Contact sports, including rugby union, are associated with higher rates of neurodegenerative dementia, due to ...

Research has shed important new light on the enemies-turned-allies that allow bacteria to exchange genes, including those ...

Inside every cell, a cleanup operation runs around the clock. Proteins are constantly damaged by wear and tear. Some can be repaired, while others must be dismantled and recycled. When this system ...

This paper provides a valuable observation that imiquimod, a compound often used to induce a psoriasis-like skin inflammation in mice, has a TLR7-independent effect acting through the unfolded protein ...

This review examines how next-generation protein sequencing and analysis technologies are expanding proteomics beyond the ...

Scientists have sequenced the genome of the Great Basin bristlecone pine, the oldest known individual non-clonal organism on ...

Humans have about 3 billion DNA bases in their genetic makeup. However, most of it does not encode for protein.

Every cell in your body faces the same engineering puzzle: how to cram roughly two meters of DNA into a nucleus just a few ...

Changing just a single base in a specific DNA region of a female mouse embryo led to the development of male reproductive organs. A research team led by Nitzan Gonen at Bar-Ilan University in Israel h ...