Every time a cell divides, it must copy its DNA with extraordinary precision. But this process is constantly challenged by ...

A new study led by NYU Langone Health researchers has found that cancer cells are better able to resist treatments when they ...

DNA replication is usually a very precise, templated process, but some enzymes are capable of "doodling," which might lead to ...

A new study led by NYU Langone Health researchers found that cancer cells are better able to resist treatments when they have ...

Scientists have captured the most detailed structural images to date of a specific type of protein's DNA repair process, a ...

Scientists at Stanford University have discovered that DRT3, a unique defense system found in bacteria, creates DNA to ...

Researchers have discovered that DNA wrapped around nucleosomes exists in multiple partially open states rather than simply ...

The work shows how DNA repair proteins bind, unwind, and rejoin strands, identifying previously unseen intermediate ...

From the first unzip of the double helix to the final joining of DNA fragments, replication is a carefully coordinated process. Understanding it helps explain how life preserves its genetic code with ...