Nine thousand years ago, humans began domesticating cats. Nine hundred years ago, before the advent of intentional cat ...

Dinosaurs aren't typically associated with cancer, but emerging research suggests otherwise. Recent studies reveal that ...

Scientists at UCL and the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology have recreated how RNA might have first replicated itself on ...

I am heartsick over what has been happening to science in this country. I’ve had more than half a century’s experience as a ...

The structure of a cell’s nucleus has long served as a visible clue to whether a cell is healthy or affected by disease.

Researchers led by Université de Montréal pathology and cell-biology professor Marc Therrien have identified major structural ...

Centromeres, specialized regions located at the center of chromosomes, are critical for ensuring proper cell division. During ...

Being cut off in traffic, giving a presentation or missing a meal can all trigger a suite of physiological changes that ...

Aggressive breast cancer can become unresponsive to monoclonal antibody treatment, but targeting tumor-resident bacteria may extend its effectiveness.

Cohesin is a protein that forms a ring-shaped complex which wraps and alters the DNA molecule shape. It moves through the DNA ...

UT Southwestern Medical Center scientists have identified a protein that appears to act as a master control switch for ...

One of the longstanding challenges in chemical biology has been finding ways to directly observe biological processes at work ...