From the time we are conceived and through old age, genetic mutations accumulate in all our tissues, eluding the body's ...

Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have reconciled two closely related but contentious mechanisms underlying ...

Each time a cell divides, a small section of each chromosome's protective cap—the telomere—is worn away. Most cells use an ...

Researchers working on an incurable blood cancer can now use a new lab model that could make testing potential new treatments ...