An international research team led by Hiroki Shibuya at RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research (BDR) in Japan has ...

Because the new method can replace a large stretch of defective DNA with a healthy sequence, the same retron-based package can fix any combination of mutations within that stretch of DNA without ...

Three copies of chromosome 21 cause Down syndrome (DS), and roughly half of children born each year in the United States with ...

A powerful new drug combination—niraparib added to standard prostate cancer therapy—has been shown to significantly delay ...

Advances in genome editing are transforming the treatment for rare genetic diseases, as seen in the case of seven-month-old ...

When improperly folded proteins build up in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), cells become stressed and conditions such as type 2 diabetes, neurodegenerative disorders, and cancers can develop. In a ...

Molecular analysis of the naked mole rat's extraordinary lifespan is helping scientists to understand the human aging process ...

Naked mole-rats seem to have found nature’s cheat code for longevity. Scientists discovered that small tweaks in one of their ...

Longevity of the rodent family could inspire new therapeutic anti-ageing strategy to improve the health and lifespan of ...

A new study may finally change how amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is diagnosed. Scientists from UCLA Health and the ...