What scientists once dismissed as “junk” DNA may actually be some of the most powerful code in our genome. A new ...

What makes the human brain distinctive? A new study published in Cell identifies two genes linked to human brain features and ...

A new international study suggests that ancient viral DNA embedded in our genome, which were long dismissed as genetic "junk, ...

Most organisms fit comfortably into standard definitions of “life,” i.e., cells that grow, reproduce independently, and ...

DNA interstrand cross-links (ICLs) are cytotoxic products of common anticancer drugs and cellular metabolic processes, whose mechanism(s) of repair remains poorly understood. In this study, we show ...

In the vast and often unseen world of microscopic life, a recent discovery may force scientists to rethink what it means to ...

In eukaryotes, the actin family is involved in many membrane-dependent processes such as exocytosis, endocytosis, phagocytosis, cell motility, cytokinesis and cell polarity 47, 48.

Because they rely on hosts for a majority of functions, viruses aren’t considered alive. But entities like this one complicate matters.