Researchers in China have determined to identify the genetic basis for the naked mole-rats’ increased longevity.

Scientists report that the naked mole rat’s age-defying superpower likely relates to a protein called cGAS (or cyclic ...

The dorsal vagal complex is a highly intricate structure composed of distinct transcriptional classes of glial and neuronal cells, exhibiting many similarities but also notable differences between ...

That call turned out to bring good news: Dr. Mary Brunkow is sharing this year’s Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. She’s being honored for research she did decades ago; work that would eventually ...

The team genetically engineered fruit flies to make naked mole rat cGAS and found that they lived 70 days—10 days longer than ...

Even creatures that live underwater, like sharks, are known to have a strong sense of smell. Sharks can detect scents that ...

Alternative splicing exhibits lineage-specific variability, with mammals and birds reaching the highest levels despite conserved intron-rich architectures, while unicellular eukaryotes and prokaryotes ...

A leading pet health expert has warned pet owners of the dangers faced by dogs when walking in colder temperatures.

Skoltech researchers have investigated the way the composition of small molecules called lipids and metabolites varies in the brain in the first hours and days after death.

Filmmaker: With regard to the self-help tape that Mike [Frank Dillane’s character] listens to, Urchin might be a distant ...