SRF is a transcription factor directly controlling the expression of at least 200–300 genes, regulating cell growth, proliferation, apoptosis, and motility, and is indispensable for organ development, ...

Platelet-derived growth factors can restore the proliferative potential of senescent cells taken from the degenerated intervertebral discs of aged humans.

University of Cincinnati Cancer Center researchers looked billions of years into the past to learn more about the potential ...

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Franklin W. Stahl, an American molecular biologist whose landmark 1957-58 experiment with colleague Matthew Meselson revealed ...

In the ongoing fight against HIV, scientists have taken a new step toward long-term control of the virus. Researchers have ...

He and a colleague proved a theory advanced by the Nobel Prize winners James Watson and Francis Crick, who discovered DNA’s ...

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In this interview, Professor James J. Collins, founder of the field of Synthetic Biology, discusses his journey to founding ...

Perhaps best known as a immune-system boost or antidote to scurvy, vitamin C has been found to rejuvenate aging skin by ...