The human genome consists of 3 billion base pairs, and when a cell divides, it takes about seven hours to complete making a ...

Mitochondrial mutations don't seem to build up in women's eggs as they age, which suggests they may have evolved a mechanism ...

Scientists have developed a chemical method to reverse aging in human cells without the need for genetic modification.

As we age, the genes in our cells accumulate more mutations. This is one of the contributory factors to age-related diseases ...

The DNA in our cells is constantly damaged, with the most severe being the simultaneous breakage of both strands that compose it. In a study published in Nature Communications, scientists reveal ...

The story of this potentially paradigmatic development begins where so much of human health begins: the mitochondria.

Cancer cells mount an instant, energy‑rich response to being physically squeezed, according to a study published in the ...

Eventually, aging comes for us all — but new evidence suggests that in key ways, it may be a contagious condition. In a provocative new study published in the journal Metabolism, scientists from South ...

Advanced light microscopy techniques are giving scientists a new understanding of human biology and what goes wrong in ...

The DNA packed inside every human cell contains instructions for life, written in billions of letters of genetic code. Every time a cell divides, the complete code, divided among 46 chromosomes, must ...

Like AI, cells change and learn from experience, while unlike computer chips they arrive naturally preprogrammed ...