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

Your DNA is continually damaged by sources both inside and outside your body. One especially severe form of damage called a double-strand break involves the severing of both strands of the DNA double ...

“[...] this suggests a model where the accumulation of DNA damage with aging impairs vascular function ultimately resulting in [cardiovascular disease].” Advanced ...

DNA repair proteins act like the body's editors, constantly finding and reversing damage to our genetic code. Researchers have long struggled to understand how cancer cells hijack one of these ...

The team discovered that the protein PARP1 becomes an underwater superglue and creates a special healing zone that holds the loose DNA ends together and lets the DNA repair begin. The discovery ...

New research sheds light on how cells repair damaged DNA. For the first time, the team has mapped the activity of repair proteins in individual human cells. The study demonstrates how these proteins ...

After two decades in the making, scientists have cracked the code on a drug that can repair DNA, setting the scene for a new class of therapeutics that can fix tissue damage that occurs through heart ...