Another factor related to their length is that they tend to form very complex structures, with many different areas of the ...

One of the greatest mysteries of our planet is how a soup of lifeless chemicals transformed into the first living cell. There are several competing theories about where this happened, from frozen ...

Researchers at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge have discovered a ribozyme that is shockingly small, yet capable of the fundamental steps of self-replication. They call it QT45 — ...

Firestein’s interest in autism research began long before she entered a laboratory. Raised in New York, she attended ...

Men tend to lose the Y chromosome from their cells as they age. But because the Y bears few genes other than for male determination, it was thought this loss would not affect health. But evidence has ...

Five dietary patterns that involve eating lots of plants have been linked with living up to three years longer, even among people who are genetically predisposed to have a shorter life ...

Aging and dementia were linked to unique changes in the composition of gut microbiota, according to a February study ...

Men tend to lose the Y chromosome from their cells as they age. But because the Y bears few genes other than for male determination, it was thought this loss would not affect health. But evidence has ...

Studies show aging men often lose the Y chromosome in some cells, a change now linked to heart disease, cancer, and shorter lifespans.

PTC Therapeutics withdrew its New Drug Application (NDA) resubmission for Translarna (ataluren) in nonsense mutation Duchenne muscular dystrophy (nmDMD) following feedback from FDA indicating that the ...

New research uncovers how the brain, immune system, and nervous system contribute to heart attack damage, revealing three ...

Researchers led by Min Zhang and Dabao Zhang of the University of California, Irvine's Joe C. Wen School of Population & Public Health have created the most detailed maps to date showing how genes ...