For decades, scientists have known that bacteria can exchange genetic material, in a process called horizontal gene transfer.

Tiny tweaks in DNA folding can have big effects. A study from Umeå University shows that even the most subtle changes in ...

When a key protein regulator dials down DNA repair mechanisms, our cells accumulate more mutations, which may cause us to age faster ...

A recent scientific study co-authored by an Estonian researcher Indrek Koppel (Tallinn University of Technology) showed how genomic DNA repeat sequences that were previously considered useless play an ...

There were also no increased risks of brain tumors or leukemia in kids exposed to cell towers or radio and TV transmitters, ...

Studies show 3 in 10,000 people develop heart cancer. In comparison, 1 in 20 women are expected to develop breast cancer. Why is that?

Trump Administration introduced what it says is an “exciting treatment” for autism: leucovorin, a decades-old medicine that ...

The recommendation to use leucovorin to treat autism seems to stem from a theory that low levels of folate in the brain can ...

So what is leucovorin and what does the science say about its ability to treat autism? What is leucovorin? Leucovorin is a form of folic acid, a B vitamin our bodies usually get f ...

When I was a child, there was a TV show called The Six Million Dollar Man. In the opening credits, test pilot Steve Austin ...