Learn more about bowhead whales and how they routinely see out their 200th birthday — and this DNA-repair protein might just ...

A troop of macaques escaped one of the largest primate-breeding facilities in America. Now a strange coalition of ...

The first animals must also have invented ways to produce the many different kinds of cells we have today; muscle cells, ...

Our experiences leave traces in the brain, stored in small groups of cells called engrams. Engrams are thought to hold the ...

Cancer treatment has always been a balancing act—hit the tumor hard enough to kill it, but not so hard that the patient ...

A newly discovered protein from Earth's toughest animal is inspiring breakthrough therapies for cancer and cardiovascular ...

HUMANS could live for centuries after scientists have cracked the DNA code of the longest living mammal. The bowhead whale that can live for more than 200 years could hold the key to prolonging ...

Liver cells are indispensable for research—for drug testing, to better understand diseases such as hepatitis, fatty liver, cirrhosis, or liver cancer and for development of future cell therapies.

Scientists reengineered chemo drug into spherical nucleic acids (SNAs), a globular form of DNA. Team tested the repackaged ...

Bowhead whales boost DNA repair to live centuries and extend human longevity potential Bowhead whale protein enhances ...

A novel DNA-wrapped nanostructure transforms a poorly soluble chemotherapy drug into a targeted cancer treatment, significantly improving efficacy and safety.