Scientists have made a leap in genetic engineering by pushing elephant cells into an embryonic-like state. This marks a major ...

Heidelberg biochemists and structural biologists from Shanghai unravel the roles of two key regulatory factors in mRNA ...

Damage to the mitochondria, the 'power plants' of the cells, contributes to many diseases. Researchers now describe how cells with defective mitochondria activate a special recycling system to ...

Collaborative research led by investigators at Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center defines a novel approach to understanding how certain proteins called transcription ...

Johns Hopkins Medicine scientists say they have found a pattern of so-called epigenetic "marks" in a transition state between ...

The first-ever synthetic multicellular organism is ready to come to life after a Sydney breakthrough 10 years in the making.

A new study in Cell reveals that species living miles beneath the ocean’s surface have independently evolved the same genetic ...

Protecting animals against environmental changes, poachers, and other dangers is vital yet challenging work. And in recent ...

The cells' DNA has exciting implications for conservationists. Scientists make astonishing find inside animal droppings at ...