Your DNA is continually damaged by sources both inside and outside your body. One especially severe form of damage called a ...

Cells are constantly subjected to DNA damage from a range of internal and environmental sources. It is estimated that cells ...

Cold sore-causing HSV-1 doesn't just hijack cells it reconfigures the entire architecture of our DNA to aid its invasion.

Researchers have discovered that the herpes virus reshapes the human genome’s architecture, rearranging its shape in ...

Macquarie University researchers have discovered a naturally occurring protein found in human cells plays a powerful role in ...

“PDI is like a double agent,” Dr Shadfar explains. “In healthy cells, it repairs DNA and helps prevent disease. But in cancer ...

A double-strand DNA break (DSB) occurs or arises when both ... Here, the authors show that transcript RNA serves as a repair template in human cells and identify Polζ as a key factor in RNA ...

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

Viruses are entirely dependent on their hosts to reproduce. They ransack living cells for parts and energy and hijack the host's cellular machinery to ...