A cancer drug target already being investigated in clinical trials turns out to be doing something even more consequential ...

For most animals, survival is a game of chance. Sexual reproduction mixes DNA, keeping the gene pool diverse and giving ...

Preliminary clinical results of the MYTHIC study will be presented, revealing for the first time data of the combination of WEE1 and PKMYT1 inhibition (zedoresertib and lunresertib) for the treatment ...

A domestically developed gene-editing therapy has successfully treated patients with beta-thalassemia, allowing them to live without the need for lifelong blood transfusions, according to a study ...

What causes gray matter loss in Multiple Sclerosis? New research identifies DNA damage in CUX2 neurons as a primary driver of MS progression.

Now, following up on that success, a large Chinese collaboration has followed up with a description of an improved gene ...

Discovery reshapes understanding of how tumor cells repair broken DNA, pointing toward more precise cancer therapies.

Scientists have recently discovered a natural age counter in human DNA. This finding has reversed decades of study as we may ...

Researchers at Genentech Inc. and UC Davis have worked out the structure of the RAD51 complex, which repairs breaks in DNA. When DNA experiences a double-strand break, enzymes trim back one of the two ...

After days of grinding, welding, and heavy lifting, the broken bulldozer blade is finally back in action. This massive repair ...