Newborn nerve cells must squeeze through crowded, narrow spaces—through dense tissue, past other cells, and between fibers—to ...

DNA is the blueprint of the human body. However, tens of thousands of DNA lesions occur in our bodies every day. In ...

Similar to the way DNA damage can contribute to human diseases such as cancer, it can also disrupt growth, development and ...

Cancer cells often survive treatment by fixing the DNA damage that therapy is meant to cause. Researchers found that UNI418 ...

Migrating newborn neurons suffer routine double-strand DNA breaks from physical stress during brain development.

Salk Institute scientists identify YAF9B as a protein activated by DNA damage, acting like an emergency responder to ...

Although DNA is tightly packed and protected within the cell nucleus, it is constantly threatened by damage from normal metabolic processes or external stressors such as radiation or chemical ...

Researchers have captured the first atomic-level views of human SMUG1, a key enzyme involved in repairing damaged DNA.

Scientists discovered a protein that helps plants repair DNA damage from sunlight, which could improve future crop gene ...

Targeted DNA editing by CRISPR technology has great potential for applications in biotechnology and gene therapy. However, precise gene editing remains a challenge largely due to insufficient control ...