Researchers have found a promising new method for gene therapy. They successfully restarted inactive genes by bringing them ...

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

Not all DNA looks like the familiar twisted ladder. Sometimes, parts of our genetic code fold into unusual shapes. One such ...

Cells are constantly subjected to DNA damage from a range of internal and environmental sources. It is estimated that cells ...

They also tend to use heat to separate strands, heating the DNA to more than 150°F, a temperature a cell would never naturally reach. By contrast, in a living cell DNA lives in a very crowded ...

DNA repair: A look inside the cell's 'repair café' Date: November 21, 2024 Source: Hubrecht Institute Summary: New research sheds light on how cells repair damaged DNA. For the first time, the ...

Their engineered cells can insert distinctive bits of genetic material into their DNA. As the cells divide, those genetic bits turn into distinctive bar codes. The technology is also allowing ...