Researchers have captured detailed structural images of a DNA repair process called single-strand annealing, identifying a previously unseen intermediate stage. The study, using a yeast protein ...

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

Learn more about a new experimental procedure that uses cancer cells’ DNA repair system against itself to make drug-resistant ...

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

Researchers have revealed the structural mechanisms of a major DNA repair pathway in human cells. The research, published today as a Reviewed Preprint in eLife, is described by the editors as a ...

Researchers have uncovered answers that provide the detail to explain two specific DNA repair processes that have long been in question. Researchers from the University of Birmingham have uncovered ...

A new discovery offers hope for Huntington’s disease. This discovery provides hope that a DNA repair process may help slow or stop disease progression. Research has identified a critical DNA repair ...

Targeted DNA editing by CRISPR technology has great potential for applications in biotechnology and gene therapy. However, precise gene editing remains a challenge largely due to insufficient control ...

The Pol-theta enzyme (blue) joins two parts of a broken DNA strand (yellow). This process is mutagenic and can give rise to cancer. LA JOLLA, CA—DNA repair proteins act like the body’s editors, ...

The DNA inside our cells is constantly being damaged, and one of the worst kinds of damage is a double-strand break-when both sides of the DNA helix are cut at once. Healthy cells can normally fix ...