Senescent “zombie” cells are linked to aging and multiple diseases, but spotting them in living tissue has been notoriously difficult. Researchers at Mayo Clinic have now taken an inventive leap by ...

UC San Diego researchers uncover enzyme behind cancer genome chaos, pointing to potential therapies for aggressive tumors.

To our immune system, a potentially lifesaving gene therapy can look a lot like a dangerous infection. That's because most ...

Whether you turn red when drinking alcohol, dislike certain smells, or metabolize drugs differently from others, the ...

Inside every human cell, six feet of DNA folds into a nucleus that is only a few micrometers wide, yet still manages to ...

Complex life, eukaryotes, traces its origins to a shared ancestor among the Asgard archaea, reshaping our understanding of ...

For decades, complex industries have relied on stock footage and talking heads to explain their work. But as the barrier ...

An international study led by the University of Basel has discovered that nuclear pore complexes – tiny gateways in the nuclear membrane – are not ...

Researchers found that using mental models—visual, verbal, or animated—helps people understand mRNA vaccination science, counter misconceptions, and reduce misinformation spread.

A new mRNA vaccine against the flu has proven itself more effective than existing vaccines in a new clinical trial. The Pfizer-developed vaccine was found to be 34.5 percent more effective than ...

Scientists have created a live-cell DNA sensor that reveals how damage appears and disappears inside living cells, capturing the entire repair sequence as it unfolds. Instead of freezing cells at ...

Although existing CRISPR-Cas-based imaging methods can target endogenous genomic sequences, their applications are limited by system complexity and sensitivity, particularly when imaging ...