Scientists discovered that the protein RPA plays a critical and previously unconfirmed role in stimulating telomerase to ...

Mitochondria are often described as the cell’s power plants, but a wave of new research suggests their genetic material may ...

We have long struggled to determine how the first living organisms on Earth came together. Now, surprising evidence hints ...

"Adapt or perish, now as ever, is nature's inexorable imperative," wrote H. G. Wells. This principle—that survival requires change—was mastered billions of years ago by single-celled organisms living ...

Researchers uncover a crucial hidden function of the protein RPA, revealing how its failure to activate telomerase leads to ...

Architects Jestico + Whiles were challenged to make the Cavendish Laboratory's science accessible to the public while meeting ...

University of Alberta researcher Gopinath Sutendra and his team are discovering ways to protect the heart during cancer ...

The DNA inside our cells is constantly being damaged, and one of the worst kinds of damage is a double-strand break—when both ...

Scientists have sequenced the genome of the elusive “vampire squid from hell” for the first time, providing insights into the origin of cephalopods like octopuses. It’s the largest cephalopod genome ...

Inside human cells, biology has pulled off the ultimate packing job, figuring out how to fit six feet of DNA into a nucleus ...

DNA can sustain serious injuries called double strand breaks, in which both strands of the helix snap. These breaks are among ...