New research, in a rat model, finds that both biological sex and mitochondrial DNA – the small set of genes inherited only ...

Ring-shaped extrachromosomal DNA is implicated in many cancers. Rachel Brazil talks to the scientists trying to uncover their ...

Research underscores importance of both genetic and functional testing in diagnosing mitochondrial disorders, particularly ...

A new research paper was published in Aging (Aging-US) on February 27, 2025, in Volume 17, Issue 2, titled “Age, sex, and ...

Our cells harbor a DNA detector termed cGAS to inform the immune system of viral and bacterial infections, cell death, as ...

Research that combined archaeology, history and ecology provides a nuanced understanding of the past that could help ...

Nearly 80 years after his death, World War II service member Army Corporal Glenn Hodak is finally coming home.

The legendary robbers Schinderhannes and Schwarzer Jonas were executed by guillotine in Mainz in 1803. In 1805, the first ...

This study demonstrates that the host's sex plays a significant role in how the gut microbiome evolves with age, even within a genetically diverse ...

Prince Frederik of Luxembourg, aged 22, passed away from POLG mitochondrial disease, a rare genetic disorder. His father announced the news and praise ...

Schinderhannes is a nickname for Johannes Bückler, a criminal who was born sometime in 1779 in Germany, to a family of ...