When robots are made out of modular units, their size, shape, and functionality can be modified to perform any number of ...

The centromere of chromosomes plays a crucial role in cell division. Using the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana, an international team of researchers has investigated how two crucial proteins -- KNL2 ...

The discovery could help explain why some cancer patients respond well to certain treatments, while others are not so lucky.

UCSF scientists have discovered a stem cell in the young brain that's capable of forming the cells found in tumors. The ...

Liver cells attempt to shut down as a defense mechanism against cancer, but this strategy is not particularly effective.

Thanks to AI developments, we are witnessing a dramatic increase in the pace and scalability of genomic techniques, which ...

A new priority research paper, featured as the cover of Aging (listed by MEDLINE/PubMed as “Aging (Albany NY)” and “Aging-US” ...

With more states and countries around the globe legalizing cannabis for personal use, scientists have been publishing studies ...

The paper is titled " Cell-type specific epigenetic clocks to quantify biological age at cell-type resolution. " Researchers ...

Researchers unveil histone-based age predictors, offering a new window into epigenetic aging and its shared patterns across ...

By inhibiting the DNA polymerases, BKC enhances the endogenous RS in cancer cells, leading to increased DNA damage. IBC specifically inhibits CHK2 to prevent DNA repair. The combined use of BKC and ...

Then, scientists could use CRISPR to swap out parts of human DNA with Neanderthal DNA. This process would require a lot of ...