Proteins sustain life as we know it, serving many important structural and functional roles throughout the body. But these large molecules have cast a long shadow over a smaller subclass of proteins ...

Animals that hibernate are incredibly resilient. They can spend months without food or water, muscles refusing to atrophy, ...

Scientists found genetic elements linked to hibernation in the human genome. Tapping into them could produce a new wave of ...

Hibernating animals' amazing abilities could lie within our own DNA—and perhaps their resilience could one day be ours too.

OpenCRISPR-1, an AI-generated custom gene editor capable of precision editing of the human genome. is just the beginning of ...

How much carbon can the ocean absorb, and what happens to it as the planet warms? Sonya Dyhrman, a microbial oceanographer ...

Cancer cells mount an instant, energy‑rich response to being physically squeezed, according to a study published in the journal Nature Communications.

Cas9 in germline editing presents opportunities for genetic disease correction, alongside risks of off-target effects and ...

Genome editing, also referred to as gene editing, is a group of technologies that enables scientists to change an organism’s ...

Ancient cultural blending is shown by the Egyptian genome. This is a genetic connection to Mesopotamia dating back nearly 5,000 years says researchers ...

We may be on the cusp of a new era of biochemical discovery, but turning these advancements into drugs isn’t so easy ...