Tiny tweaks in DNA folding can have big effects. A study from Umeå University shows that even the most subtle changes in ...

Cancer is a disease that causes abnormal cells to reproduce and spread to other parts of the body, which can result in tumors or damage to the immune system that may become fatal. Healthy cells follow ...

Essentially all cells in an organism's body have the same genetic blueprint, or genome, but the set of genes that are ...

Chromosomes are structures made of protein and DNA code, and would unravel and lose proper function without the telomeres ...

For all of human history, death has been viewed as a final cessation of life in an organism, but new research is offering hope for restoration.