The blending of high-resolution imaging with machine learning is able to track cells that have been damaged from injury, aging, or disease, and no longer grow and reproduce normally, researchers say ...

For decades, the dream of fixing harmful mutations in mitochondrial DNA felt out of reach. Scientists have long known these ...

BEIJING, July 12 (Xinhua) -- Chinese scientists have announced the birth of the world's first somatic cell-cloned dzo in China's Xizang Autonomous Region. This marks a critical breakthrough in ...

At the surface, the immune response to a flu virus is simple. Some cells recognize the pathogen and send a signal to the ...

In biology textbooks and beyond, the human genome and DNA therein typically are taught in only one dimension. While it can be ...

In biology textbooks and beyond, the human genome and DNA therein typically are taught in only one dimension. While it can be helpful for learners to ...

T-bet is a transcription factor, one of the control proteins in the cell nucleus that can turn specific groups of genes on ...

Antibody–siRNA conjugates (ARCs) are a type of promising drug modalities for cancer therapy. However, initial reports of ARCs present the gene knockdown effect only in limited tissues (e.g., muscles) ...

A new study reveals that neurons in the brain’s memory center, the hippocampus, continue to form well into late adulthood. A ...

If measured from beginning to end, the DNA in our cells is too long to fit into the cell’s nucleus, explaining why it must be ...

If measured from beginning to end, the DNA in our cells is too long to fit into the cell's nucleus, explaining why it must be ...

From spaghetti to sausagesOur DNA is constantly being packed and unpacked. And there is a good reason for this: depending on ...