Broad Institute researchers have developed a way to edit the genetic sequences at the root of Huntington's disease and ...

Rather than being like battery chargers, mitochondria are more like the motherboard of the cell.

Getting finned when fishing is never fun, but did you know catfish can release venom? What to know in Mississippi ...

A study found a connection between the production of harmful glucose byproducts and the stiff heart muscle characteristic of ...

Yew trees are another plant that is toxic to pets, especially if ingested, as per the American Society for the Prevention of ...

The existence of orange cats dates back to at least the 12th century, but scientists have only had theories that a sex-linked ...

The lizards came to the Midwest thanks to a 10-year-old boy from Walnut Hills and a sock full of lizards. In 1951, George Rau Jr., the stepson of Fred Lazarus Jr. (who founded the retail chain Lazarus ...

Mice genetically engineered to lack the amino acid cysteine, and fed a cysteine-free diet, lost 30 percent of their body weight in a week. Mice genetically engineered to lack the ability to make ...

ATH-1105, an experimental oral therapy for ALS, was found to be safe and well tolerated in healthy adult volunteers in a ...

A groundbreaking antibiotic discovery might finally tip the balance in the global fight against drug-resistant bacteria.

Scientists have found a way to sample DNA out of the air on a large scale — making it possible to one day track the health ...

In the animal kingdom, there exists a remarkable phenomenon ... followed by the formation of a blastema (a mass of undifferentiated cells) that develops into the new body parts. Some species, like the ...