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Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have used exosomes -- tiny bubbles of protein and fat...

During each cell division, more than 3.3 billion base pairs of genomic DNA have to be duplicated and segregated accurately...

Researchers at the University of Houston have created an optical lens that can be placed on an inexpensive smartphone to...

A biochemist from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio is a co-author on a paper in...

DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) is the main component of our genetic material. It is formed by combining four parts: A, C,...

A Tufts University study sheds new light on the process by which DNA repair occurs within the cell. In research...

When the common chemotherapy drugs cisplatin or oxaliplatin hit cancer cells, they damage DNA so that the cells can't replicate....

"The word, virus, connotes morbidity and mortality, but that bad reputation is not universally deserved," said Marilyn Roossinck, PhD, Professor...

A study tying the aging process to the deterioration of tightly packaged bundles of cellular DNA could lead to methods...

Every day, thousands of people need donated blood. But only blood without A- or B-type antigens, such as type O,...

The human immune system is poised to spring into action at the first sign of a foreign invader, but it...

Implantable device could allow doctors to test cancer drugs in patients before prescribing chemotherapy. More than 100 drugs have been...

Most of the time, we learn only gradually, incrementally building connections between actions or events and outcomes. But there are...

QUT biofabrication team has made a major breakthrough by 3D printing mechanically reinforced, tissue engineered constructs for the regeneration of...

In certain types of cancer, nerves and cancer cells enter an often lethal and intricate waltz where cancer cells and...

Using advanced technology and an approach that merges engineering and medicine, a Yale University-led team has compiled some of the...

The ceremonial opening kick of the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Sao Paolo, Brazil, which was performed—with the help of...

A team led by Stanford University researchers has developed a wireless retinal implant that they say could restore vision five...

Human chromosomes are much bigger and more complex than proteins, but like proteins, they appear to fold and unfold in...

Emory scientists have adapted an antiviral enzyme from bacteria called Cas9 into an instrument for inhibiting hepatitis C virus in...