The risk of cancer goes up with age, in part because aging impedes the body's ability to detect and destroy cells with ...

Senescent skin cells, often referred to as zombie cells because they have outlived their usefulness without ever quite dying, ...

Most cells in the human body each contain about six feet of DNA. Yet the nucleus, where DNA is coiled, is no larger than a ...

Senescent skin cells, often referred to as zombie cells because they have outlived their usefulness without ever quite dying, ...

New research challenges the view that proteins are the only key to evolution, highlighting the importance of lipids.

Cells use many complex genetic repair backup systems to fix DNA damage and remain healthy throughout their lives.

The incidence of Human Papillomavirus (HPV)–associated oropharyngeal cancers—tumors of the back of the mouth and throat—is ...

Human cells have a complex DNA repair system involving over 500 crucial genes. By analyzing interactions among these genes, researchers identified new potential targets for cancer therapy.

Studying the RNA cargo of exosomes also enables a deeper understanding of disease pathogenesis, with exosomal RNA sequencing ...

Scientists are looking for answers about how these confounding trips, known as metastases, occur throughout the human body ...

Now, we may know why zombie skin cells have this double agent-esque existence. Not all senescent skin cells are the same.