The promise of genome editing to help understand human diseases and create new therapies is vast, but technological ...

Researchers at Northwestern University found that DNA strand separation may require more force than previously thought when ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Your DNA is continually damaged by sources both inside and outside your body. One especially severe form of damage called a double-strand break involves the severing of both strands ...

On the other hand, the self-recognition of DNA and 3′ end-protection observed ... Langmore, J.P. Long G tails at both ends of human chromosomes suggest a C strand degradation mechanism for ...

In reality she was only 15 years old, a victim of progeria, an extremely rare genetic disorder caused by a single mutation in one of 3 billion base pairs that make up human DNA. Completely normal ...

The DNA of human cells consists of a sequence of about 3.1 billion building blocks ... They constantly untangle knots in the DNA strand and create new chemical bonds when a strand of DNA breaks ...

Researchers have revealed the structural mechanisms of a major DNA repair pathway in human cells ... It is essential for repairing double-stranded breaks in DNA and for DNA crossover events ...

Researchers mapped the organization of human retinal cell chromatin, the fibers that package 3 billion nucleotide ... even when their location on a DNA strand is remote from the genes they regulate.