It did not take long after the discovery of X-rays in the 1890s for scientists to begin exploring the harmful effects of ...

New findings suggest a widely used artificial sweetener may produce a lesser-known compound with the ability to interact with ...

There is plenty of evidence to show that smoking cigarettes increases the risk of cancer and other health problems, and that drinking alcohol also raises cancer risk. Now scientists have learned more ...

Salk scientists have created a platform to study mitochondrial DNA mutations that lead or contribute to human disease, and ...

Researchers have found that the way DNA is packaged in cells can directly impact how fast DNA itself is copied during cell division. They discovered that DNA packaging sends signals through an unusual ...

A new platform for studying mtDNA mutations implicated in human disease could help accelerate treatments for mitochondrial ...

Weight-loss responses to GLP-1 obesity drugs, and risks of side effects, may be linked to genetic variants, according to a ...

Estrogen is known as an important hormone, and it can control many cellular and bodily functions by regulating the activity of hundreds of genes. Scientists have now learned more about how estrogen ...

When scientists sequenced the first Neanderthal genomes, they did not just resurrect a lost branch of the human family tree, they uncovered a living legacy inside most people alive today. A small but ...