Scientists found a virus-like living entity in human bodies named "obelisks" - small loops of RNA, each a thousand genetic “letters” long.

The sperm is not a passive supplier of genetic material to the egg. A study from Linköping University, Sweden, shows that ...

Alzheimer's disease (AD), the leading cause of dementia, affects nearly 40 million individuals globally, resulting in a ...

Within each cell, there is a constant struggle between life-sustaining molecules and molecules that could hasten its demise.

What if the brain's response to stress could be read not in fleeting neurotransmitter bursts, but in the quieting of genes ...

A new study published in Nature Biotechnology shows that stem cell differentiation is linked to cellular structures called ...

Cells contain a blueprint in the form of DNA that dictates what they can make. This blueprint is converted into a message ...

Researchers at the University Hospital Bonn (UKB) and the University of Bonn have discovered how a small, naturally occurring ...