The portrayal of uncaring scientists without any thought for the animals being used in their research is far from the truth.

For years, scientists have believed that inflammation inevitably increases with age, quietly fuelling diseases like heart ...

Inflammaging might not be a universal feature of ageing after all. Instead, it could be a byproduct of how we live in modern ...

Researchers at the Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar) in the state of São Paulo, Brazil, are developing a panel of ...

PROTEUS, a system designed to harness “directed evolution,” can speed the process up by years, or even decades.

To build proteins, cells rely on a molecule called transfer RNA, or tRNA. tRNAs act like protein-building couriers, where ...

Hemifusomes are fused vesicles, or sacs of fluid, that were previously unknown to exist inside cells. They were discovered ...

WASHINGTON - Scientists in recent years have made progress in finding ancient DNA in fossils, gaining insight into organisms ...

Mosquito bites are much more than just a red and itchy summertime nuisance. The diseases that they carry are notoriously ...

DNA makes RNA, RNA makes protein, protein makes phenotype—was the guiding framework for understanding inheritance and disease ...

Scientists have developed a new molecule that can deliver powerful immune-activating treatment directly to cancer cells, ...

In this interview, Professor James J. Collins, founder of the field of Synthetic Biology, discusses his journey to founding ...