Scientists have captured the most detailed structural images to date of a specific type of protein's DNA repair process, a ...

Researchers have captured detailed structural images of a DNA repair process called single-strand annealing, identifying a previously unseen intermediate stage. The study, using a yeast protein ...

Cancer cells survive by repairing damage to their DNA—even damage that would normally be fatal. One of their most important ...

Scientists have captured the most detailed structural images to date of a specific type of protein's DNA repair process, a ...

Homologous recombination is a DNA repair mechanism that counteracts double-stranded breaks in DNA. Researchers at Kindai University have recently revealed how the Sae2 protein coordinates with the ...

Poly(ADP‐ribose) polymerases (PARPs) are a family of enzymes that play a crucial role in maintaining genomic integrity by detecting DNA damage and facilitating its repair. By catalysing the covalent ...

Learn more about a new experimental procedure that uses cancer cells’ DNA repair system against itself to make drug-resistant ...

Three biochemical steps of the non-homologous DNA end-joining (NHEJ) process. This figure outlines the key stages of the NHEJ repair mechanism following DNA double-strand breaks. The process can be ...

If severe DNA damage is not repaired, the consequences for the health of cells and tissues are dramatic. A study led by researchers at Goethe University Frankfurt, part of the Rhine-Main University ...

A team of Israeli researchers has found that one of the reasons that sleep could be so important to animals — including humans — is that it takes neurons 'offline' so DNA damage accumulated during ...