One of the biggest challenges in cancer treatment is chemoresistance: Tumors that initially respond well to chemotherapy ...

King’s College London researchers discovered that parts of our DNA once thought to be “junk” can actually help destroy cancer ...

A new study maps out the timeline of DNA damage for multiple myeloma, the second most common blood cancer. The findings may lead to better ways to group patients by the state of their DNA and define ...

New research from the University of Wisconsin–Madison reveals that dysfunction in a protein essential to maintaining ...

A research team has successfully identified a novel DNA damage repair pathway in human cells. This study is the first to discover that proteins present in the nuclear membrane of cells directly ...

Researchers at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory found that Dicer, an ancient RNA-cutting protein shared by humans and yeast, ...

Could yeast and humans be any more different? Going by looks alone, probably not. But peering into our genomes reveals ...

Scientists discover a byproduct of sucralose that can damage DNA, raising new questions about the safety of artificial ...

Cells all require the transport of materials to maintain their function. In nerve cells, a tiny motor made of protein called KIF1A is responsible for that. Mutations in this protein can lead to ...

A gene that helped bowheads adapt to frigid Arctic waters also granted them extraordinary longevity. Could it help aging ...

Scientists have identified mutations in the CPD gene as a key cause of a rare congenital hearing loss, revealing how ...