On April 26, 1896, the industrial city of Pripyat in northern Ukraine was changed forever. Located just 16.5 km from the city ...

Mitochondria are the body's "energy factories," and their proper function is essential for life. Inside mitochondria, a set ...

A new study reveals that blocking ribosomal RNA production rewires cancer cell behavior and could help treat genetically ...

Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center and Department of Radiation Oncology and Molecular Radiation Sciences uncovered a new tumor-suppressive response that could lead to novel ...

The new study, funded in part by the National Institutes of Health and published June 18 in Cell Chemical Biology, showed that targeting a key process of how cells make proteins can inhibit cancer ...

For decades, scientists have studied animals living in or near the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant to see how increased levels of radiation affect their health, growth, and evolution. A study analyzed ...

Once in seawater, radiation can hurt ocean animals in several ways—by killing them outright, creating "bizarre mutations" in their offspring, or passing radioactive material up the food chain ...

High-energy cosmic radiation constantly bombards Earth, but could it actually alter animal DNA in extreme ways? Some scientists suggest that prolonged exposure to space radiation could cause ...

To study genetic mutations, scientists analyze the DNA of organisms. They use sequencing techniques to examine genes and identify changes in the sequence of nucleotides (the "building blocks" of DNA).

For nearly 40 years, the Chernobyl exclusion zone (CEZ) has been a laboratory for scientists to study the long-term effects of radiation exposure. One of the ongoing subjects in this unintentional ...

Radiation-induced mutations may not be the reason for the genetic differences between dog populations living near the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, according to a new study. The study, published ...