While most known types of DNA damage are fixed by our cells’ in-house DNA repair mechanisms, some forms of DNA damage evade repair and can persist for many years, new research shows. This means that ...
While most known types of DNA damage are fixed by our cells' in-house DNA repair mechanisms, some forms of DNA damage evade repair and can persist for many years, new research shows. This means that ...
Ultraviolet (UV) radiation is known to cause DNA damage, and while that damage may accumulate and eventually lead to diseases like skin cancer, cells also have repair mechanisms that can fix ...
Science Daily: The hidden dna repair system that could transform cancer treatment
EurekAlert!: DNA damage can last unrepaired for years, changing our view of mutations
DNA damage can last unrepaired for years, changing our view of mutations
MSN: DNA repair mechanisms help explain why naked mole-rats live a long life
DNA repair mechanisms help explain why naked mole-rats live a long life
Phys.org on MSN: Detailed DNA repair snapshots reveal how BRCA-linked cancer cells may survive
Reporting in Nature, scientists have identified a novel process that protects the ends of chromosomes from incorrectly applied DNA repair. Although DNA repair is a crucial mechanism that can protect a ...
EurekAlert!: Single-molecule techniques in studying the molecular mechanisms of DNA synapsis in non-homologous end-joining repair
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 ...
Single-molecule techniques in studying the molecular mechanisms of DNA synapsis in non-homologous end-joining repair