When DNA breaks, cells must repair it accurately to prevent harmful mutations. Researchers have discovered that during a key ...

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A breakthrough live-cell sensor makes DNA repair visible as it happens, unlocking new possibilities in biology and medicine.

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Meet the newest (probationary) member of the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner: a cooler-sized gizmo called ANDE, which the agency says will turbocharge the process of identifying John and Jane ...

A DNA repair process, DNA charge transport, has been implicated in some cancers. An electron travels from one protein (blue) to the next (green) and adds to the protein’s iron-sulfur cluster. With the ...

This illustration shows proteins and DNA in the process of DNA repair. RecA proteins (gold) cradle a single-stranded DNA (brown) that searches for homology with a DNA template (purple). The template ...

When DNA breaks, cells must repair it accurately to prevent harmful mutations. Researchers have discovered that during a key repair process called homologous recombination, the cell uses loops in its ...