While most known types of DNA damage are fixed by our cells' in-house DNA repair mechanisms, some forms of DNA damage evade ...

All cells, even kidney cells, retain surprisingly detailed memories. How does this affect our everyday life? We will soon ...

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

Like workers at a factory or office, proteins in a cell must be in the right department to do their jobs. But scientists have ...

While most known types of DNA damage are fixed by our cells’ in-house DNA repair mechanisms, some forms of DNA damage evade repair and can persist for many years, new research shows. This means that ...

Cartilage cells that contain fat explain why some skeletal tissues are less rigid than others, and could one day be grown in ...

Your body is a collection of cells carrying thousands of genetic mistakes accrued over a lifetime—many harmless, some bad and ...

In an intriguing revelation from recent research, mitochondria have been shown not only to power the cell but also to ...

Experiments and modeling reveal the unexpected structure that can be seen in bacteria grown in mucus samples and biofilms.

Some DNA damage evades repair for years, causing repeated mutations during cell division, increasing cancer risk, especially ...

The gut-brain connection, known as the gut-brain axis, has become a hot area of research over the past decade. Much of the ...

Researchers found that aging tends to decrease activity in genes associated with brain cells. For example, aging reduced ...