DNA can voyage along intercellular highways called tunneling nanotubes. It’s a phenomenon that could potentially spread tumor ...
Every time a cell divides, it must copy its DNA with extraordinary precision. But this process is constantly challenged by ...
Chemotherapy drugs like doxorubicin and etoposide work by snapping a cancer cell’s DNA in two. The breaks are supposed to be ...
A protein best known for driving cancer growth also helps damaged tumor cells survive by repairing their DNA, according to a ...
Insights could not only pave the way for new treatment strategies for genetic disorders, cancer and neurodegenerative diseases, but also enhance gene-editing technologies.
Genome instability can cause numerous diseases. Cells have effective DNA repair mechanisms at their disposal. A research team has now gained new insights into the DNA damage response. Whenever cells ...
Scientists at Children's Medical Center Research Institute at UT Southwestern (CRI) have discovered that large pieces of DNA ...
People who carry the APOE2 version of the apolipoprotein E gene are more likely to live to advanced age and are partly ...