The non-descript, pill-shaped cell is why we understand fundamental life processes (think DNA replication and transcription).

In a recent study, a plant compound called luteolin prevented mice from developing gray hair. Here's what experts think of the finding, plus their recommendations on whether you should add more ...

A gene called high mobility group A1 (HMGA1) may be the key that opens the door to the development of colon cancer, according ...

In December 2023, through the development efforts of CRISPR Therapeutics and Vertex Pharmaceuticals, their decades-long ...

AN INGREDIENT found in diet fizzy drinks could increase the risk of stroke and heart attack, scientists claim. An artificial ...

California-based nonprofit Arc Institute and Stanford University, in collaboration with NVIDIA, unveiled Evo 2 on Wednesday ...

Cancer cells work together to source nutrients from their environment -- a cooperative process that was previously overlooked by scientists but may be a promising target for treating cancer.

Shortly after Musk co-founded Neuralink — the company that’s put chips in three human brains, and counting — in 2016, Meta (then Facebook) also ventured into neurotechnology research, announcing plans ...

Every year, 10 million people contract tuberculosis (TB), a disease caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), and approximately 1.5 million patients succumb to the disease. Treatment ...

The high cost of sickle cell gene therapies is pushing private insurers and Medicaid programs to develop new payment models.

Researchers have developed a new gene switch that can be activated using a commercially available nitroglycerine patch applied to the skin. One day, researchers want to use switches of this kind to ...

An investigational therapy significantly shrank lung cancer tumors that are notoriously resistant to treatment by encouraging ...