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DNA can sustain serious injuries called double strand breaks, in which both strands of the helix snap. These breaks are among ...

Scripps Research scientists have discovered how some tumors endure DNA damage, revealing a potential new way to target them. The DNA inside our cells is constantly exposed to damage, and one of the ...

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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.

The universal features that define genomic regions acting as replication origins remain unclear. In this study, we mapped a set of origins in Trypanosoma brucei using stranded short nascent strand ...

Former Horizon Discovery CEO Terry Pizzie has been appointed to a similar role with Cambridge based Broken String Biosciences ...

Eight years after the brutal killing of 38-year-old tech professional Sasikala Narra and her six-year-old son Anish in their New Jersey apartment, the United States has formally charged Indian ...

Just as humans heal from injuries, bacteria survive by repairing their own damaged DNA. A team of Korean researchers has now unveiled the secret behind this remarkable 'self-healing' process, which ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Recent research on bowhead whale DNA repair has led to one ...