Scientists discovered that DNA mutations influence aging by altering epigenetic changes and biological clocks.

Stanford scientists have identified 380 key genetic variants that significantly influence cancer development, filtering ...

CMRI researchers discovered that DNA repair pathways control how cancer cells die after radiotherapy. Blocking a key repair ...

Both Tabrizi and Yang think that knocking down MSH3 could stave off HD pathology. Tabrizi noted that MSH3 also modifies other run-on repeats, including those causing fragile X syndrome, myotonic ...

The research suggests that the body's ability to fix DNA damage is more important than the extent of the damage itself in ...

Stanford Medicine researchers sifted through thousands of single nucleotide mutations in DNA to identify fewer than 400 that are functionally associated with inherited cancer risk.

In a study recently published in the peer-reviewed journal, Nucleic Acids Research, the scientists found that some areas of DNA are more open and active, making them more vulnerable to damage but also ...

Cigarette smoke causes cancer primarily by damaging the DNA. A new study that mapped these damages has revealed that the way ...

The study, published in Nucleic Acids Research, focused on benzo (a)pyrene, a toxic chemical in cigarette smoke, which binds to DNA when processed by the body, and disrupts its normal function and ...

The study from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, led by Prof. Sheera Adar and her graduate student Elisheva Heilbrun-Katz ...

From understanding hereditary diseases to predicting drug responses, sequencing helps researchers uncover the subtle language ...