The goal of gene therapy is to permanently cure hereditary diseases. One of the most promising technologies for this is the ...

Advances in genome editing are transforming the treatment for rare genetic diseases, as seen in the case of seven-month-old ...

Longevity of the rodent family could inspire new therapeutic anti-ageing strategy to improve the health and lifespan of ...

EMBL researchers created SDR-seq, a next-generation tool that decodes both DNA and RNA from the same cell. It finally opens ...

These burrowing animals have a biological mechanism that does the opposite of what it does in humans: it repairs DNA instead ...

Faulty versions of the LMNA gene can cause a wide range of health problems, including heart muscle disease (dilated ...

What naked mole-rats lack in the looks department they make up for it in longevity, living healthily for nearly four decades.

Naked mole-rats are one of nature's most extraordinary creatures. These burrowing rodents can live for up to 37 years, around ...

The findings offer potential insights into why naked mole-rats exhibit remarkable resistance to a wide spectrum of ...

A new study of the bizarre naked mole rat shows that the animals have evolved a DNA repair mechanism that could explain their ...

When cancer cells are physically squeezed, they mount an instant, high-energy defense by rushing mitochondria to the cell ...