We ask experts about the difference between biological age and chronological age. Plus, do anti-aging hacks work?

New DNA analysis rules out the possibility that Kaspar Hauser was a “lost prince” kidnapped as a child nearly two centuries ...

Georgetown University announced the three inaugural winners of the Magis Prize, which awards $100,000 in research funding and two semesters of leave to associate professors who demonstrate exceptional ...

The state-of-the-art Biotechnology Innovation Center will allow students to prepare for careers in a rapidly-growing industry ...

Findings suggest that new genes can form by repurposing fragments of ancestral genes while incorporating entirely new coding regions (the protein-coding parts of the DNA). This innovative concept ...

A protein called STING, previously shown to control a pathway that contributes to antiviral signaling, also plays an important role in cellular stress clearance and cell survival, according to a new ...

Unlike previous DNA computers, the data can be erased and replaced like memory on classical computers to solve multiple ...

Groundbreaking research has established a new blood group system, the MAL, now recognized as the 47th type. The discovery of ...

An analysis of tissue samples from nearly 1,200 older adults found that the more insertions individuals had, the younger they died.

The accumulation of mutations in DNA is often mentioned as an explanation for the aging process, but it remains just one ...