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

However, researchers found that it is also linked to DNA damage that's similar to the kind seen in Alzheimer's disease.

Medical Watch Digest for Oct 30 CTE causes DNA damage A brain disorder associated with chronic repeated head blows, may also ...

The team found that neurons from individuals with postmortem CTE diagnoses had specific abnormal patterns of somatic genome ...

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

A new study from the University of Tokyo suggests gray hair might be a natural defense against skin cancer. Researchers found that when pigment stem c ...

Scientists have discovered a tardigrade protein, Dsup, that protects DNA from damage and may enhance human cellular resilience under extreme stress conditions.

Researchers have discovered a new genetic link to the most common type of bone cancer among children and young ...

A gene that helped bowheads adapt to frigid Arctic waters also granted them extraordinary longevity. Could it help aging ...

This came up in a front page discussion recently, and I promised I'd do a bit of a brain dump. The motivation: people often talk about whether we're regulating the risks posed by exposure to radiation ...

Bowhead whales can live over 200 years thanks to a protein that helps their cells repair DNA damage efficiently.