A team of researchers at VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center has identified a new pathway through which mutations in the tumor suppressor p53 gene—found very frequently in human tumors—hijack DNA ...

They live in our houses, drink our water and even sleep in our beds. Cats have become an integral part of many households and share much of our lives. They also share much of their biology with humans ...

Aging is associated with increased risk for nearly every lung disease, including acute conditions like pneumonia and chronic diseases like chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, idiopathic pulmonary ...

(Yevgen Timashov/Getty Images) Health risks posed by synthetic chemicals in our environment could potentially linger in our ...

A grueling road trip led to an extraordinary experiment at UConn's Rankin Seawater lab that discovered how inverted ...

SINGAPORE, March 5 — From December, Singaporeans identified as high risk for hereditary breast and ovarian ...

Scientists have discovered a potential path out of devastating genetic bottlenecks that could help these Australian animals, ...

Scientists have mapped a direct link between a common brain gas and the hyperactive cell growth often seen in autism. Protecting a specific protein from this gas normalized behavior in animal models ...

When a species lives in two distinct types of habitats, individuals with traits better suited to each habitat will thrive and reproduce, naturally selecting descendants with those traits. But what ...

Azetukalner, a Kv7 potassium channel opener, reduced the frequency of focal onset seizures by a placebo-adjusted rate of 42.7 ...

A new University of California San Diego study published in Cell challenges a long-standing assumption about how animal ...

Evolution is perhaps the most extraordinary story ever told—a tale spanning billions of years that connects every living thing on Earth through an intricate ...