New research suggests that being exposed to air pollution for long periods can have similar effects to smoking and aging.

In a stunning new study, geneticists in Japan have revealed how injecting a 40,000-year-old Neanderthal gene into mice has led to profound changes in their skeletal structure. This experiment, ...

Early fallopian tube cell changes were found in a high‑risk patient. A live tissue bank and organoid system will help explore ...

Getting a liquid biopsy is a simple blood draw for breast cancer patients like your mother. Depending on the type of cancer and her treatment, it’s possible additional liquid biopsies may be ...

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

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TAS-205 showed no significant impact on motor function in patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), highlighting the ongoing search for effective treatments for the rare condition.

The gene therapy regimen seems to be working wonders, including restoring nearly all hearing to a seven-year-old patient ...

While there is no definitive evidence linking chemicals to increased cancer risk in young people, this is an area of intense ...

Replacing defective microglia can halt ALSP—a fatal neurodegenerative disease—in mice and humans, offering hope for broader brain therapies.