NPR's Juana Summers talks with Science correspondent Richard Stone about recent developments in the search for Leonardo da ...

Since 2018, more than $40 million has been granted to support outstanding cancer research projects by early-career scientists ...

Non-coding DNA is essential for both humans and trypanosomes, despite the large evolutionary divergence between these two species.

Culminate H Labs Co-Founders Calixto Vallejo, and Juan Carlos Rodriguez are elevating human potential through science—showing ...

A stretch of viral DNA in the mouse genome gives cells in early-stage embryos the potential to become almost any cell type in ...

Changes in genes have been linked to the development of different diseases for a while. However, it's not exactly clear what ...

Ushikuvirus, an amoeba-infecting giant virus, joins the family of giant viruses that may have driven the evolution of complex ...

DNA doesn’t just sit still inside our cells — it folds, loops, and rearranges in ways that shape how genes behave.

The origin of life on Earth becomes even more fascinating and complex as we peer into the mysterious world of viruses.

Members of a new class of antivirals are being tested in U.S. clinical trials, and one has gained approval in Japan, but how ...

A Northwestern Medicine study has revealed a previously unknown connection between two fundamental cellular processes, ...

An HIV-derived nucleoside therapy now treats rare genetic diseases by restoring mitochondrial DNA and improving muscle ...