Biologists are quietly rewriting what it means to be alive, and the human body has become one of their strangest frontiers.

Researchers identify a shared RNA-protein interaction that could lead to broad-spectrum antiviral treatments for enteroviruses ...

We can replace joints, lenses, even organs—but not the brain. As neuroscience unravels the mechanisms of neurodegeneration, ...

Research shows hair follicle aging begins in your 30s, driven by inflammation-linked gene activity detectable years before ...

Researchers in Sweden recovered RNA from a 130-year-old Tasmanian tiger, allowing them to identify which genes were active in its tissues before extinction.

Rapid advances in sequencing technologies have transformed our ability to diagnose human genetic disorders, yet many patients still lack a molecular ...

It has been claimed that because most of our DNA is active, it must be important, but now human-plant hybrid cells have been ...

Using a novel method, Weizmann Institute researchers map 16 types of simultaneous changes in dozens of samples; findings can ...

Researchers have discovered how cells activate a last-resort DNA repair system when severe damage strikes. When genetic ...

WIRED spoke with DeepMind’s Pushmeet Kohli about the recent past—and promising future—of the Nobel Prize-winning research ...

Life may have emerged from a surprisingly simple network of chemical reactions long before cells or genes existed.

As the Arctic warms and sea ice disappears, polar bears are being pushed into conditions they have never faced before. Their ...