Mitochondria don’t just generate energy—they also carefully organize their own DNA in a surprisingly elegant way. Scientists have discovered that a long-overlooked phenomenon called “mitochondrial ...

Scientists have discovered that increased expression of a novel long non-coding RNA drives glioblastoma cell growth alongside ...

Weill Cornell Medicine researchers have found that temporarily disabling a protein complex that organizes DNA into loops ...

Clues to the genetic code’s origin may be hidden in tiny protein fragments, revealing a synchronized and highly structured path to life’s earliest molecular systems.

Why do our cells age? Part of the answer is hidden at the very ends of our chromosomes, where telomeres are located. These ...

Rules governing biological research do not account for AI-driven automation; rules governing AI do not address its use in biology.

A study involving nearly 28,000 people identifies the genes that may influence weight loss with Ozempic and Mounjaro.

Animal and human studies suggest a natural compound found in dark chocolate, theobromine, influences multiple factors linked ...

Every cell in your body faces the same engineering puzzle: how to cram roughly two meters of DNA into a nucleus just a few ...

What if the Trojan horse had been pulled to pieces, revealing the ruse and fending off the invasion, just as it entered the ...

All five nucleobases of DNA and RNA have been found in a single asteroid sample, marking the first detection of the full ...