Aging research is increasingly focused on proteins that regulate DNA repair, metabolism, cell survival and tissue renewal.

A research team led by scientists from the Helmholtz Institute for RNA-based Infection Research (HIRI) has introduced a new ...

How do cells know what they should become as the body develops? Biological development depends crucially on spatial patterns: ...

The fish that limbed vertebrates evolved from don't have obvious digit equivalents, and the most common types of fish just ...

A team from the University of Illinois has uncovered surprising evolutionary links between the genetic code and tiny protein ...

Recent studies reveal that Neanderthal gene variants affect how modern humans metabolize medications. Individuals with these gene variants metabolize certain drugs, like blood thinners and ...

Synthetic polymers have been on the planet for only about a century. But because of their strength, light weight, convenience, and low cost compared with other materials, these plastics have captured ...

FILE - Suffolk County Police conduct a search, Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2010, along a beachfront road in Babylon, N.Y., where four bodies were found during a hunt for a missing New Jersey woman. (AP ...

RIVERHEAD, N.Y. (AP) — When Maureen Brainard-Barnes’ skeletal remains were found hidden in the roadside scrub near Long Island's Gilgo Beach in the winter of 2010, there was hardly any physical ...

Non-essential amino acids such as glutamine have been known to be required for T cell general activation through sustaining basic biosynthetic processes, including nucleotide biosynthesis, ATP ...