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Researchers develop a non-toxic Parkinson's disease model using the TMEV virus, proving viral infections can trigger dopamine neuron loss and gait issues.

In the study of bacteria, a longstanding dogma has held that two molecular machines—RNA polymerase, which leads the way in transcribing DNA into RNA, and ribosomes, which bring up the rear translating ...

The latest discovery of nucleotides on an asteroid is making scientists rethink the story of how life got going ...

Arctic's bowhead whales defy ageing norms, living over two centuries with remarkable disease resistance. A groundbreaking ...

In cancer research, one person's junk is increasingly becoming another person's treasure. Scientists have now uncovered new evidence showing how recently evolved "junk DNA" genetic elements can become ...

Let’s start with the medical miracle and the man who benefitted from it. His name is Daniel Cressy. He is one of more than ...

In cancer research, one person's junk is increasingly becoming another person's treasure. Scientists have now uncovered new evidence showing how ...

Moon bases, living to 100 and (finally!) flying cars. What 2076 and our future will look like may be stranger than we expect.