DNA can sustain serious injuries called double strand breaks, in which both strands of the helix snap. These breaks are among ...

Life's instructions are written in DNA, but it is the enzyme RNA polymerase II (Pol II) that reads the script, transcribing ...

A collaborative effort by the Formosa-Jordan lab from the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research in Cologne, ...

Small, cancer-associated DNA circles "hitchhike" on chromosomes during cell division to spread efficiently to daughter cells ...

The DNA inside our cells is constantly being damaged, and one of the worst kinds of damage is a double-strand break—when both ...

With a new study in the journal Cell , researchers at Stanford University and Stockholm University have contributed to ...

Six feet of DNA crammed into a cell nucleus narrower than a human hair: ...

High-resolution imaging has revealed the internal layout of chromatin condensates, showing how DNA fibers fold and interact ...

Scientists have used a new type of gene therapy to cure leukaemia patients. The treatment, which uses edited immune cells ...

A collaborative effort by the Formosa-Jordan lab from the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research in Cologne, ...

A cutting-edge base-edited CAR T-cell therapy is opening a revolutionary new frontier for patients battling aggressive T-cell ...

After two decades in the making, scientists have cracked the code on a drug that can repair DNA, setting the scene for a new ...