A study has revealed that white hair may not merely be a sign of aging but could also be a trace of defense against cancer cells. The research team from the University of Tokyo’s Institute of Medical ...

Tadpole species that lost their lungs through evolution never re-evolve them, even when environmental change would make it ...

Frogs have made significant contributions to Fred Hutch science over the years as a model organism that shares much of our ...

The Dog Aging Project enrolled 50,000 companion animals to track aging as it naturally unfolds. The first major findings from 784 dogs point to kidneys as a key player in how mammals age. Modified ...

Research into pediatric arrhythmia is gaining increasing attention as more is understood about the distinctive nature of this ...

A new demographic study identifies Caltabellotta in Sicily's Sicani Mountains as an "emerging Blue Zone" where non-agenarians are nearly three times the Italian average.

There has been an endless “war” between pathogen organisms armed with the ability to establish new, genetically based ...

A team of Northwestern investigators has discovered novel molecular underpinnings of a common oncogenic mutation in cancer, ...

ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, is among the most challenging neurological disorders: relentlessly progressive, ...

More than 150 years after amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) was first described, the disease remains one of the most ...

In essence, it’s a type of symmetry breaking. Any two processes that act as activator and inhibitor will produce periodic ...

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, ...