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

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

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

Exposure to alcohol during the first weeks of embryonic development changes gene activity and cellular metabolism. In ...

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

The herpes virus that commonly causes cold sores affects how tightly coiled our DNA is and makes it shrink, all to help ...

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

Experiments with tools designed to detect DNA damage reveal unique and conserved features of telomeres in cancer cells.

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

A new hereditary condition has been discovered that affects patients' ability to repair DNA – leaving them both at greater ...