Scientists have identified *Ikaria wariootia*, a tiny wormlike creature from 555 million years ago, as the earliest known ...

Rapidly mutating DNA regions were mapped using a multi-generational family and advanced sequencing tools. Understanding how ...

Cell division is an essential biological process that removes aged cells and continuously renews tissues. In the human body, billions of cells divide each day: intestinal cells are completely renewed ...

A new study shows that the sinoatrial node (SAN) -- a small but powerful structure in the human heart that serves as its natural pacemaker and initiates every normal heartbeat -- runs on different ...

The discovery of recombinant DNA proved that biology, not chemistry alone, could create new medicines like life-saving ...

For decades, doctors and researchers have puzzled over a basic heart rhythm mystery: Why do women tend to have faster ...