Brains with chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) show DNA damage similar to Alzheimer’s. Study links genetic stress to ...

Lung Cancer Awareness Month highlights that this disease isn't just for smokers; pollution and genetics also play a role.

When we talk about trending fruits that are also superfoods, amla and avocado often top the discussion. As per Ayurveda, amla ...

Learn how tardigrades are able to tolerate extreme radiation with a unique protein that unwinds their DNA.

New research has found that going grey may not just be a sign of ageing, but it could also be the body’s way of protecting ...

This review in Food Science & Nutrition synthesizes evidence showing that walnuts (Juglans regia L.) exert potent antioxidant ...

By stimulating cancer cells to produce a molecule that activates a signaling pathway in nearby immune cells, MIT researchers have found a way to force tumors to trigger their own destruction.

Within each cell, there is a constant struggle between life-sustaining molecules and molecules that could hasten its demise.

Learn more about bowhead whales and how they routinely see out their 200th birthday — and this DNA-repair protein might just ...

Chemists at the National University of Singapore (NUS) have found a new use for deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), not just as ...

Understanding how cells turn genes on and off is one of biology's most enduring mysteries. Now, a new technology developed by ...

A naturally occurring gene called Cyclin A2 (CCNA2), which turns off after birth in humans, can actually make new, functioning heart cells and help the heart repair itself from injury, including a ...