Our brain is arguably the organ that most distinguishes humans from other primates. Its exceptional size, complexity and capabilities far exceed those of any other species on Earth. Yet humans share ...

Biological age refers to how old a person’s body is biologically, which may differ from their actual age in years.

Maggots may help solve rape cases, suggests a new study. Blowfly eggs and larvae can carry crucial evidence - such as sperm - which could help in sexual assault investigations, say scientists.

Scientists found that healthy women can carry genetic changes in their breast cells that are thought to be characteristic of ...

Our brain is arguably the organ that most distinguishes humans from other primates. Its exceptional size, complexity and ...

Scientists at University of California San Diego School of Medicine have shed new light on the development of liver cancer, ...

Evolution was fueled by endosymbiosis, cellular alliances in which one microbe makes a permanent home inside another. For the ...

He explores how flaws in the transcription and DNA repair pathways contribute to cancer predisposition and accelerated aging ...

A new study has uncovered how the defense mechanisms of bacteria can be neutralized, facilitating more efficient genetic ...

New work by Columbia researchers has turned a textbook principle of genetics on its head and revealed why some people who ...

These cells are, according to Karin, “like ticking time bombs that could start proliferating again at any point and ...