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Senescent cells can't divide but can drive chronic inflammation and tissue dysfunction linked to aging and chronic diseases. In a new trial, treatment with intermittent senolytic treatment had beneficial effects on bone formation.

Researchers have uncovered how small molecules can modulate genetic splicing, offering a new approach to identifying drugs that act on genetic mutations.

While UV radiation has long been known to damage DNA, it also damages mRNA, and the findings of a new study indicate that mRNAs act as first responders in telling the cells how to manage the stress.

University of Illinois researchers developed a method to precisely target cells for inflammatory cell death using light. The ability to precisely initiate this process in a small area is important for cancer and other diseases.

Researchers have detected anaerobic and aerobic bacteria in commercial tattoo and permanent makeup inks. The findings demonstrate that the inks could be a source of human infections.

Oregon State University researchers have discovered compounds that convert a protein known for protecting cancer cells into a tumor killer.

In the work of biomanufacturing, tanks of microbes are fine-tuned to produce compounds that can be used as carbon-neutral fuels, chemicals, materials and medicines, but researchers are still learning the basics of how to turbo charge for production.

UCSF study finds that switching off a protein in white fat cells could open the door to developing a new class of weight-loss drugs.

A pair of recent studies have uncovered previously unknown cellular mechanisms involved in neuronal protein aggregation and misfolding, key characteristics of Parkinson’s disease.

A study provides new clues in the understanding of how antibiotic resistance spreads. The study shows how an enzyme breaks down the bacteria's protective outer layer, the cell wall, and facilitates the transfer of genes for resistance to antibiotics.