We have long struggled to determine how the first living organisms on Earth came together. Now, surprising evidence hints that poorly understood prions may have been the vital missing ingredient ...

The protein, reverse transcriptase, has become an essential tool for making DNA copies of RNA.

Scientists are closing in on a deceptively simple idea with radical implications: an oral compound that appears to reset key ...

Researchers around the world are studying how the human brain achieves its extraordinary complexity. A team at the Central ...

In five years since AlphaFold's debut, it has transformed basic biochemical research. But its long-term effect on drug ...

New research suggests that most modern dogs carry a small but detectable dose of wolf DNA acquired after domestication.

Greenland has changed quickly in the past 25 years. Along with new foods, jobs and habits has come a sharp rise in type 2 ...

With a new study in the journal Cell, researchers at Stanford University and Stockholm University have contributed to ...

Mitochondria are well known as the powerhouses of the cell because of their energy generating capabilities. These little ...

With a new study in the journal Cell, researchers at Stanford University and Stockholm University have contributed to ...

Scientists have discovered how a mitochondrial mutation rewires immune function in a model of inherited primary mitochondrial disorders, which often lead to severe disability and death.