New research into how the body repairs damaged DNA is opening fresh debate about how long humans could live. A newly studied protein may play a key role in slowing aging and preventing disease.

A new mitochondrial capsule therapy delivers healthy mitochondria into cells with high efficiency. The approach restored ...

Knowable Magazine reports on low-protein diets, suggesting they may extend lifespan in mice by lowering growth signals and ...

A bacterium associated with gum disease may contribute to the development and spread of breast cancer. Scientists have found that the microorganism is able to penetrate breast tissue through the ...

In the first post of this series, I described what happens to the human body at ground zero of a 10 to 15-kiloton nuclear detonation: the zone within 800 meters of the hypocenter. There, the thermal ...

Researchers at Kenya’s Ol Pejeta Conservancy witnessed a biological breakthrough recently when a southern white rhinoceros ...

His method of locating genes in human DNA allowed researchers to find disease-causing genes, and later to map the entire, ...

The virus is the human polyomavirus 2, commonly called either the JC virus or John Cunningham virus, named after the poor ...

A team at UT Southwestern Medical Center has identified a structural trick that lets viruses translate their genetic code inside human cells, even when that code is riddled with “bad” codons the host ...