Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine have identified a previously unknown defense mechanism in blood vessel cells that helps slow atherosclerosis by repairing DNA damage. The study shows that ...

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

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A research team led by Professor ZHAO Guoping at the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, has unveiled a crucial mechanism that helps regulate DNA damage repair, ...

Researchers with McMaster University have discovered that the protein mutated in patients with Huntington's Disease doesn't repair DNA as intended, impacting the ability of brain cells to heal ...