Trans-European research team discovers how a molecular switch controls DNA packing on time for cell division ...

Could psychedelics be the next frontier in longevity research? Early data show psilocybin delays aging in lab tests.

A new study published in npj Aging finds that psilocybin, the psychoactive compound in psychedelic mushrooms, significantly ...

If measured from beginning to end, the DNA in our cells is too long to fit into the cell's nucleus, explaining why it must be ...

To investigate, they treated human fetal lung cells with psilocin, which is the active metabolite formed when psilocybin is ...

Trisomy is a genetic condition characterized by the presence of an extra chromosome. This means that the affected person has ...

This study has shown that HSV-1 is an "opportunistic interior designer" of human cells. | Genetics And Genomics ...

Scientists in Japan have used gene-editing technology to remove the extra chromosome responsible for Down syndrome, at least ...

As if sequencing a full human genome wasn't tricky enough, scientists are now attempting to reconstruct our species' genetic ...

A deeper understanding of how DNA changes over generations helps scientists learn why people differ and how diseases develop.

But the research topic is, for obvious reasons, controversial. Scientists have largely steered clear of trying to create full ...

Biological science has made such astonishing leaps in the last few decades, such as precise gene editing, that scientists are ...