Rett syndrome is a rare neurodegenerative disorder that almost exclusively affects girls. It is typically diagnosed in babies between six and 18 months of age, when the first symptoms begin to appear.

Living organisms are made up of hundreds of thousands of cells that cooperate to create the organs and systems that breathe, eat, move, and think. Now, researchers from Japan have developed a new way ...

A team of University of California San Diego (UCSD) scientists has genetically rewired the circuit that controls cell aging in yeast. From its normal role functioning like a toggle switch, they ...