Researchers have discovered how cells activate a last-resort DNA repair system when severe damage strikes. When genetic ...

It's been a natural remedy for liver damage for more than 2,000 years and was the fourth highest selling supplement at health ...

Alcohol consumption leads to the formation of a toxic compound called acetaldehyde, which damages DNA. A research team from ...

An international research team has identified a human protein, ANKLE1, as the first DNA-cutting enzyme (nuclease) in mammals capable of detecting and responding to physical tension in DNA. This ...

Summary: A new study shows that the DNA repair enzyme Polβ plays a vital role in protecting the developing brain from harmful mutations. Researchers found that without Polβ, insertion-deletion ...

A research team has successfully identified a novel DNA damage repair pathway in human cells. This study is the first to discover that proteins present in the nuclear membrane of cells directly ...

ABSTRACT: The aim of a present study is to perform a brief but clear comparison of numerous and controversial data published in the past 20 years which were focusing on the significance of structural ...

School of Forensic Medicine, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan 030001, China Shanxi Key Laboratory of Forensic Medicine, Jinzhong 030600, China School of Forensic Medicine, Shanxi Medical University, ...

Editor’s note: On June 3, 2025, KJ Muldoon was discharged from the hospital and is now at home with his family. When a baby born in Philadelphia was announced as the first person to get a gene therapy ...

Those who took introductory biology classes in school might remember various parts of the cell and their roles. But one of the things at work that many nonscientists may not have heard of is inosine ...

A new family of enzymes enables precise cuts in single-stranded DNA, offering powerful new tools for genetic engineering and expanding possibilities in biotechnology. (Nanowerk News) A few years ago, ...