Scientists now recognize that spontaneous DNA errors, which we acquire in early development all the way until our last breath ...
The human immune system is finely tuned to detect and destroy viral threats. But this same defense system can misfire. When ...
CPD, a biotechnology-derived active based on an Antarctic scientific discovery. Developed for topical use, it supports DNA ...
Aston University bioscientist Dr John Reynolds has won a £125,000 Springboard grant from the Academy of Medical Sciences (AMS) for research into neurodegeneration caused by a rare genetic disease.
A cancer drug target already being investigated in clinical trials turns out to be doing something even more consequential ...
The human genome consists of 3 billion base pairs, and when a cell divides, it takes about seven hours to complete making a copy of its DNA. That's almost 120,000 base pairs per second. At that ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Recent research on bowhead whale DNA repair has led to one ...
Researchers have identified a specific class of brain neurons that dies during multiple sclerosis because inflammation generates more DNA damage than the cells can fix. The finding, published in ...