For decades, baldness treatments have inched forward with incremental gains and frustrating side effects. Now a simple gel built around a DNA sugar is producing such dramatic regrowth in animals that ...

Georgetown University's Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers have identified a new way to reprogram T cells, ...

RNA probably came before DNA, serving as the storehouse of genetic information and driving chemical reactions; a ...

In an investigation to find out what sparked life on Earth, researchers have discovered that RNA formed through surprisingly ...

The new findings strengthen the "RNA world" hypothesis that describes how the first life on Earth could have used RNA instead ...

REx reveals asteroid Bennu contains life's building blocks, shedding light on Earth's origins and the potential for extraterrestrial life.

The world’s polar bear population is projected to decline by two-thirds by 2050. A new study from the University of East Anglia suggests that polar bears are undergoing rapid genetic changes, and ...

When scientists finally cracked open the capsule from asteroid Bennu, they expected carbon, water-bearing minerals, and maybe a few familiar organic molecules. What they did not expect was a dense, ...

Don Anderson will always remember Sept. 19, 2021, a Sunday, when his life changed forever. The now 60-year-old podcast host had a chaotic childhood; his parents divorced when he was 5 years old, and ...

In mid-December, the 20-year-old Minneapolis resident was walking through the city’s Cedar-Riverside neighborhood when federal immigration officers stopped him. He offered to show identification. They ...