People looking to lose weight and lower their blood sugar may someday be able to get a single injection that turns their ...

Every cell in the body has the same DNA, but different cell types—such as muscle or brain cells—use different parts of it.

Cells contain a blueprint in the form of DNA that dictates what they can make. This blueprint is converted into a message ...

At times, aging doesn’t become evident in wrinkles or in gray hair, it occurs deep inside your body, in cells that have ceased to divide but are still alive. These “zombie cells,” or senescent cells ...

Scientists discover a byproduct of sucralose that can damage DNA, raising new questions about the safety of artificial ...

PARIS -- Four suspects in the Louvre heist have been handed preliminary charges and incarcerated, including three believed to ...

King’s College London researchers discovered that parts of our DNA once thought to be “junk” can actually help destroy cancer ...

Michael Buck, PhD, professor of biochemistry in the Jacobs School, recently received NIH funding to explore how molecular readers of DNA access and activate seemingly hidden genes.

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

Sections of DNA once dismissed as dormant and useless could in fact be recruited to fight certain types of drug-resistant ...