Sections of DNA once dismissed as dormant and useless could in fact be recruited to fight certain types of drug-resistant ...

Bowhead whales can live over 200 years thanks to a protein that helps their cells repair DNA damage efficiently.

Bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus) live year-round in the icy or near-icy waters of the Arctic and sub-Arctic. Although they ...

Researchers discovered that bowhead whales achieve extraordinary longevity and cancer resistance through highly efficient and ...

Tardigrades make a unique damage suppressor protein that researchers are working to harness for medicine, space, agriculture, ...

Is the key to living over 200 hidden in the icy sea of the Arctic? The bowhead whale, an 80,000-kilogram insulating blubber ...

As humans age, we become more vulnerable to cancer and other diseases. Bowhead whales, however, can live for up to 200 years ...

How bowhead whales live so long. Researchers have uncovered a protein that enhances DNA repair and might explai ...

A cold-activated protein that mends damaged DNA could play a part in keeping the bowhead whale in tip-top shape.

A gene that helped bowheads adapt to frigid Arctic waters also granted them extraordinary longevity. Could it help aging ...

Researchers have discovered a new genetic link to the most common type of bone cancer among children and young ...

King’s College London researchers discovered that parts of our DNA once thought to be “junk” can actually help destroy cancer ...