Error-prone DNA replication and repair may lead to mutations and cancer in individuals who inherit a mutant copy of the BRCA1 gene, according to a new study by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators.

From the time we are conceived and through old age, genetic mutations accumulate in all our tissues, eluding the body’s typically efficient DNA repair machinery and potentially affecting our health ...

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 ...

In a groundbreaking study published on January 18, 2024, in Cancer Discovery, scientists at University of California San Diego School of Medicine leveraged a machine learning algorithm to tackle one ...

The topographical features of DNA in the body may dictate where and when cancer-causing mutations appear in its code. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

A 45-nucleotide strand of RNA can now synthesize both its mirror-image complement and a copy of itself, bringing scientists ...

A new, less error-prone approach to sequencing Sars-CoV-2 genomes has revealed key information on factors responsible for the development of new COVID-19 variants. Researchers at Baylor College of ...

Researchers in the Raman Lab at UW recently published a study discussing sending microbes into space at the International ...