A new structural blueprint paves the way for improved targeting of cancer cells, particularly those with BRCA1 and BRCA2 ...

By unveiling Pol-theta's DNA-bound structure-its active state-the study ... such as certain breast and ovarian cancers-lack this function. Instead, they depend on a more error-prone method ...

DNA repair proteins act like the body's editors, constantly finding and reversing damage to our genetic code. Researchers have long struggled to understand how cancer cells hijack one of these ...

Scientists at Scripps Research have now captured the first detailed images of the DNA repair protein, Pol-theta, in action, revealing the molecular processes responsible for a range of cancers.

By unveiling Pol-theta’s DNA-bound structure—its active state—the ... such as certain breast and ovarian cancers—lack this function. Instead, they depend on a more error-prone method ...

What is the immune system? The immune system works to keep germs and other foreign substances out of the body and destroy any that get in. It's made up of a complicated network of cells and organs. It ...

There are 20 amino acids. The specific order of amino acids determines the structure and function of each protein. The 20 amino acids that the body uses to create protein are: Nine essential amino ...

Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Ebony Howard is a certified public accountant and a QuickBooks ProAdvisor tax expert ...

I was one of the first to spit into a test tube, giving up my DNA forever to learn more about my health and heredity. You know, the ones that promise to connect you with distant relatives you didn ...

In a study published Monday (Feb. 24) in the journal PNAS, researchers looked at the genomes of 370 skeletons to investigate links between European Huns of the fourth and fifth centuries and ...