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 ...

Labs around the world are trying to turn cells into autobiographers, tracking their own development from embryos to adults. By Carl Zimmer Shortly after conception, a fertilized egg divides, becoming ...

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

A therapy that would once have been considered a feat of science fiction has reversed aggressive and incurable blood cancers ...

A previously unknown type of DNA damage in the mitochondria, the tiny power plants inside our cells, could shed light on how our bodies sense and respond to stress. The findings of the UC ...

Cancer research, drug safety testing and aging biology may all gain a major boost from a new fluorescent sensor developed at Utrecht University. This new tool allows scientists to watch DNA damage and ...

Researchers linked users to a higher rate of skin cell mutation, especially in places usually protected from sun exposure.

DNA can sustain serious injuries called double strand breaks, in which both strands of the helix snap. These breaks are among ...

Sarah J. Aitken is at the Center of Molecular and Cellular Oncology, Yale Cancer Center, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, USA, and in the Department of Pathology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven. Read ...

Research shows synthetic chromosomes can be transferred to human cells with potential to improve viral resistance ...

Imagine a container of tomatoes arriving at the container terminal in Aarhus. The papers state that the tomatoes are from ...

Siddhartha Mukherjee, oncologist and author of “The Emperor of All Maladies,” asks: What if we change what a tumor can eat?