A large genetic study shows that many people carry DNA sequences that slowly expand as they get older. Common genetic ...

Sleep is one of life’s most universal behaviors. Despite its ubiquity, it’s also one of the most mysterious. Humans spend ...

In jellyfish and sea anemones, neurons accumulate DNA damage while animals are awake and repair that damage during sleep.

The longest living vertebrate on Earth may have a thing or two to teach us about maintaining our eyesight into old age. New ...

Glioblastoma (GBM) is one of the most common and aggressive primary brain tumors in adults, carrying an extremely poor ...

A new study from the multidisciplinary brain research center at Bar-Ilan University found that jellyfish and sea anemones ...

What scientists long believed were knots in DNA may actually be persistent twists formed during nanopore analysis, revealing ...

New study shows that in women with BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutations, their breast cells already carry a clear pattern of DNA “damage ...

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

Humans began sleeping as a way to partly help reduce DNA damage in nerve cells, scientists at Bar-Ilan University in Israel ...

Even a boneless, gelatinous sack lacking a dedicated anus and brain needs its beauty sleep, a new study by researchers from ...

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