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A protein, the farnesoid X receptor, that is a key modulator of fat, glucose and cholesterol levels in the body usually works ...

Scientists discovered hundreds of energy-making enzymes secretly working on human DNA—revealing a hidden “mini-metabolism” ...

Many biological functions are regulated by the switching on and off of mechanisms triggered by the matching of a keyhole ...

By Hugo Francisco de Souza Trained on genomic data spanning the tree of life, Evo 2 reveals how artificial intelligence can ...

Surviving cancer at a young age may come with an unexpected cost: faster aging at both the cellular and brain levels.

Researchers at Vilnius University (Lithuania) have uncovered how the bacterial protein Cas9, better known as the CRISPR-Cas ...

Iron is essential to biological function, and iron-based nanomaterials may become valuable tools in the long-term effort to ...

One New Zealand chief enterprise director Mike Purchase will be leaving the company as it aims to “delayer” and simplify its ...

There’s a surprising common thread in the anxious brain—and it may have to do with what’s on your plate.

Researchers used molecular signatures in mobile DNA to trace the evolutionary origins of the cultivated strawberry genome.

Researchers have discovered a new way to increase a key brain protein damaged in Rett syndrome, a rare genetic disorder that affects thousands of children worldwide. Early studies in mice and ...