In a study supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), researchers have identified a new type of blood-based ...

Duckweed is the fastest-growing flowering plant, but new knowledge of duckweed genetics discovered by Adelaide University researchers could lead to even faster growing rates. The research team, led by ...

Neuron-powered computer chips can now be easily programmed to play a first-person shooter game, bringing biological computers a step closer to useful applications ...

For decades, scientists believed a fertilized egg’s DNA began as a shapeless mass, only organizing itself once the embryo switched on its genes. But new research reveals that the genome is already ...

Tau proteins play an important role in our normal brain function, mainly by helping to stabilize neurons in the brain. But in Alzheimer’s disease, tau proteins can misfold and tangle inside neurons.

As we age with each passing year, we become more susceptible to chronic diseases like cancer, heart disease, and dementia.

Researchers in Japan have identified a striking new way immune cells strip DNA out of dying neighbors, a process they call ...

A single genetic “switch” may be the secret to how the body’s cleanup crew grows up and keeps our organs running smoothly.

Biomolecular condensates were long believed to be simple liquid blobs inside cells. Researchers have now uncovered that some are actually supported by fine protein filaments forming an internal ...

Obesity leaves a lasting imprint on fat and immune cells in ways that might make weight regain harder to avoid ...

In biology, proteins are the dedicated laborers of the cell, but they do not start ready for work. They begin as long chains that must ...

Neuroscientists studying 'super agers' — people over 80 with the memory of someone decades younger — keep finding the same ...