For a long time, evolutionary biologists have thought that the genetic mutations that drive the evolution of genes and proteins are largely neutral: they're neither good nor bad, but just ordinary ...

Mitochondria are known as the body’s “energy factories,” and their function is essential for life. Inside mitochondria, a set of complexes called the oxidative phosphorylation (OxPhos) system ...

Study in adults and children with aplastic anemia identifies parallel evolutionary pathways used by hematopoietic stem cells ...

A genomic study of the largest pediatric and adult aplastic anemia cohort genetically profiled to date, finds that protective ...

Structural insight into KRAS conformational cycling exposed temporary binding opportunities, overturning the “undruggable” ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Andréa Morris reports on emergent intelligence in diverse systems. “Where are all the genetic cures?” asks Denis Noble, a ...

Human aging is not what natural selection failed to prevent. It is what happens when selection simply has nothing left to act ...