A previously unknown type of DNA damage in the mitochondria, the tiny power plants inside our cells, could shed light on how ...

Bowhead whales, living over two centuries, defy cancer risks due to exceptional DNA repair, not more tumor suppressors. Researchers found their cells ...

Artios Pharma, which looking for newer targets that, like PARP inhibitors, affect the way tumors fix themselves, said its ...

After fertilization, embryos race through rapid cell divisions before slowing down to build specialized cells that will carry ...

In summary, repeated head impacts may trigger inflammation in the brain, which can promote the accumulation of DNA mutations ...

In a DNA sequence, an individual carries two copies of the genetic material – one from the mother, one from father. If one is ...

As language models learn to interpret words in a sentence, protein language models learn how amino acids work together within ...

Those silver strands could be an outward sign of the body’s own intricate defences against cancer, a recent study in mice has ...

Mutations in a gene associated with Crohn's disease have been found to rob critical immune cells of their ability to switch ...

A new study shows that neurons repair CRISPR-Cas9 cuts in unique, highly predictable ways, unlike dividing cells. Researchers ...