Everyone knows that the fall brings flu season, replete with aches, pains and a new version of the vaccine. But why is cold ...

Researchers at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory found that Dicer, an ancient RNA-cutting protein shared by humans and yeast, ...

The manuscript concerns a fundamental and controversial question in Trypanosoma brucei biology and the parasite life cycle, providing further evidence that slender bloodstream forms can indeed infect ...

Although heart cells and skin cells contain identical instructions for creating proteins encoded in their DNA, they're able ...

Scientists have cracked the DNA code of the longest living mammal - the bowhead whale. It can live for more than 200 years ...

Scientists have successfully created immature human egg-like cells from skin-derived stem cells, a significant step in ...

Bigger animals such as whales and elephants, should have a higher risk of succumbing to cancer as they have more cells dividing over a longer period, leaving more room for mutations.

The key to these vaccines was messenger RNA (mRNA ... ubiquitous "messengers" copy instructions from DNA and relay them to ...

Doctors are suddenly warning against a cheap 'autism drug' being fast-tracked to ease certain symptoms of the condition.

HUMANS could live for centuries after scientists have cracked the DNA code of the longest living mammal. The bowhead whale that can live for more than 200 years could hold the key to prolonging ...

Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is a chronic autoimmune disease that results from the destruction of insulin-producing β-cells in the ...

Novel nephron organoids that can be fine-tuned to represent the proximal convoluted tubule or loop of Henle have been ...