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Research has identified a DNA region, known as VNTR2-1, that appears to drive the activity of the telomerase gene, which has been shown to prevent aging in certain types of cells.

A new method that analyzes how individual immune cells react to the bacteria that cause tuberculosis could pave the way for new vaccine strategies against this deadly disease, and provide insights into fighting other infectious diseases around the world.

Researchers have discovered how a specific genetic mutation (H3K27M) causes an incurable childhood cancer called diffuse midline glioma (DMG). In laboratory studies working with cell models, they were able to successfully reversed its effects to slow cancer cell growth with a targeted drug.

Manipulating RNA can enable plants to yield dramatically more crops, and can also increase drought tolerance, according to new research published in Nature Biotechnology.

Researchers have succeeded in creating the first genetically engineered marsupial. Genetically modified animals are extremely important tools for researching biological processes. Marsupials display unique characteristics which, until now, couldn't be investigated.

Scientists have identified important regulatory mechanisms of the protein responsible for chromosome separation during cell division, separase.

A team of researchers has identified the genes responsible for the spiraling conical structures that comprise the Romanesco cauliflower, and have replicated these patterns in a small flowering plant called Arabidopsis thaliana.

According to research, COVID-19 variants may be more adept at breaking into and infecting human cells.

Newborns at risk for Type 1 diabetes because they were given antibiotics may have their gut microorganisms restored with a maternal fecal transplant.

In the largest study of its kind, an investigation by UC San Francisco has found no evidence that moderate coffee consumption can cause cardiac arrhythmia.