Iowa State University researchers have unlocked new secrets within the bacteria responsible for the creation of thousands of ...

Chronic inflammation increases with age. One trigger for this is found in the mitochondria, which supply energy to cells. These organelles have their own DNA, which induces an inflammatory reaction ...

Research led by the Max Planck Institute for Biology of Aging in Cologne reports that misincorporation of ribonucleotides into mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) initiates an inflammatory cascade.

Scientists are researching ways to genetically modify plants and animals to be more resistant to threats like climate change.

The discovery centers on the unique strands of DNA contained within our mitochondria, the power stations of our cells. By ...

Naked mole-rats are one of nature's most extraordinary creatures. These burrowing rodents can live for up to 37 years, around ...

Over the past decade, experts in the field of nanotechnology and materials science have been trying to devise architectures ...

By examining genomic variation more closely, scientists can now identify new disease connections with greater speed and accuracy. For centuries, scientists have recognized that certain illnesses can ...

The periodic table sorts 118 elements into rows and columns. Two dozen of these are manmade, the rest are building blocks of everything across the universe. Similarly, amino acids are the building ...

A new study of the bizarre naked mole rat shows that the animals have evolved a DNA repair mechanism that could explain their ...

Scientists announced the Biodiversity Cell Atlas project to map every cell type across all eukaryotic life on Earth.

When it comes to ranking the discoveries of modern medicine, DNA is pretty high up there. There are few discoveries with ...