Why living up to the age of 130 is a ‘reasonable’ proposition
Spanish scientist Corina Amor talks to EL PAÍS about her revolutionary experimental treatment to destroy the cells responsible for aging and cancer
Spanish scientist Corina Amor talks to EL PAÍS about her revolutionary experimental treatment to destroy the cells responsible for aging and cancer
The case of a Spanish teenager named Gabriela Piqueras has helped researchers discover the mechanisms of a disease that affects millions of people
Scientists discover how some tumors put the body’s immune defenses to sleep
Internationally renowned ethicist Bartha Knoppers talks to EL PAÍS about the rights and wrongs of scientific research
This tool reveals the hidden ‘buttons’ that change the tasks performed by proteins. The finding could help accelerate the development of drugs to treat cancer and other diseases
An international consortium has shed light on an unknown world of repeated sections in people’s DNA, including essential information about genetic diseases such as cancer
The study, involving more than 800,000 women in the United Kingdom, suggests that normal use of wireless devices does not lead to a greater likelihood of cancer
The mathematician has been awarded the Abel Prize ‘for his groundbreaking contributions to topology’
On March 30, the Spanish-American pilot will lead the first private mission to the International Space Station, where he will share a bunk with Russian cosmonauts amid the ongoing war of Ukraine
The text from British zoologist Jules Howard busted more than a few myths and clichés when it was published, reclaiming the essential role of females in evolution
The US patient, who suffered serious heart failure, was given the genetically modified organ without suffering rejection
The leading Spanish scientist talks to EL PAÍS about his new role at the secretive multinational Altos Labs, where he hopes to use cellular rejuvenation to reverse illness and cell deterioration
US paleoanthropologist Tim White, a living legend in his field, has moved to Spain to continue his quest to uncover the distant origins of ‘Homo sapiens’
The organism, identified by a Mexican scientist in a Caribbean mangrove, challenges the very definition of what a microbe is
Researchers discover how some microRNA gets picked to travel inside tiny sacs to other organs and regulate metabolism at a distance. The finding could improve early cancer diagnosis and help treat diabetes and high cholesterol
The co-director of the Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics talks to EL PAÍS about the dangers of treating Covid as endemic, the importance of booster shots and why the health crisis isn’t over yet
The finding, made by an international team of scientists, is evidence that viruses can evolve to become more – not less – aggressive
Provisional analysis from Denmark suggests this subtype of SARS-CoV-2 is 1.5 times more transmissible, but there is no indication that it is evading the protection offered by vaccines
Corbevax, developed by the microbiologist María Elena Bottazzi and her team, could provide the answer to supply and accessibility problems worldwide. India has already granted emergency use authorization
The new variant has traversed the planet in a single month, stunning experts. But uncertainty remains over whether it is less serious for unvaccinated people and the immunocompromised
Experts warn that it is still to early to draw definitive conclusions about this new variant, but studies suggest it is not intrinsically less serious, and rather is able to reinfect people who already have good defenses
Barcelona’s Clínic Hospital announces hopeful results for people with multiple myeloma. Developed through the public system, the cost is lower than commercially available products
Preliminary studies indicate the new coronavirus strain is highly transmissible, even among the vaccinated, but can be controlled with booster shots and other measures
Detection of omicron variant in South Africa exposes the failures of global pandemic management, such as stockpiling by wealthy nations
These experiments are used to study ghostly particles that hold the secrets of the cosmos, but a new study suggests 70% of interactions are badly reconstructed
Health authorities warn that antibiotics are losing their effectiveness against disease and that humanity faces a future in which any minor infection could prove lethal
Police seize 49 taxidermy mounts and 132 ivory pieces from the luxury home of Marcial Gómez Sequeira, who was investigated after EL PAÍS ran a story in 2019