Human cancers exhibit genomic instability and an increased mutation rate due to underlying defects in DNA repair. Cancer cells are often defective in one of six major DNA repair pathways, namely: ...

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

The Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST) announced on the 5th that a research team led by Professor Gi Young-hoon from the Department of New Biology has identified a new pathway ...

New research reveals that triggering a cell’s DNA damage response could be a promising avenue for developing novel treatments against several rare but devastating viruses for which no antiviral ...

The findings, presented by Enrique Gonzalez-Duran and Ralph Bock from the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, shed new light on endosymbiotic gene transfer — an ongoing evolutionary ...

An elegant collaboration between researchers in the UK's two core-funded Medical Research Council Research Institutes, the Laboratory of Medical Sciences (LMS) in London and the Laboratory of ...

Cells in the human body have very different life spans, depending on their type and function. Skin cells renew themselves every two to four weeks. Liver cells can last up to 500 days. Egg cells are ...

Rare inherited genetic variants significantly increase familial lung cancer risk, offering new targets for early detection.