The 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded for the development of CRISPR/Cas9, a method also known as "gene scissors," which enables researchers to better understand how human cells function and ...

Proximity labeling of 85 antigens on human immune cells has produced a nanoscale map of the surface proteome, revealing ...

An international team has built an atlas of vascular aging, the Human Aging Endothelial Cell Atlas, by analyzing gene ...

Every cell in the human body contains about 2 meters of DNA, roughly the length of a bed. Though too small to see with the naked eye, DNA is intricately organized, allowing it to govern cellular ...

A defining feature of Alzheimer's disease is the abnormal, sustained accumulation of protein aggregates such as tau inside brain cells, which disrupts the cells' normal functions. As time passes, ...

Clock genes are a set of genes known to contribute to the regulation of the human body's internal 24-hour cycle, also known as the circadian rhythm. One of these genes is the so-called CLOCK gene, a ...

Biomedical researchers at Texas A&M University may have discovered a way to stop or even reverse the decline of cellular energy production—a finding that could have revolutionary effects across ...

In the event of a heart attack, the affected part of the heart muscle can no longer be supplied with oxygen and nutrients. As ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The green and orange structures in this image are hemifusomes, newly discovered organelles that may represent a previously ...

An often-ignored type of cell in the brain plays a dynamic and surprisingly complex role in our ability to process information, according to new research. An often-ignored type of cell in the brain ...