A unique feature of HR is that it repairs the damage to the DNA in a highly accurate way. In eukaryotic cells (those with a ...

The antimitotic properties of parthenolide, a natural compound with known anticancer activity, have been largely ...

Lipid membranes, which form the outer layer of cells, can be engineered to influence cellular functions. For example, ...

Women age differently from men when it comes to health—particularly in conditions like cardiovascular disease and ...

This landmark study describes the structure of the human RAD51 filament with a recombination intermediate called the displacement loop (D-loop). Using cryogenic structural, biochemical, and ...

The existence of orange cats dates back to at least the 12th century, but scientists have only had theories that a sex-linked ...

Non-invasive Preimplantation Genetic Testing for Aneuploidy is a novel technique used in in-vitro fertilisation to assess the ...

Researchers unveil the fractal globule structure of DNA, providing new insights into genome organization and its implications ...

pole organizing protein Z (PopZ), interacts with and tethers in place a DNA-associated protein, partitioning protein B (ParB), to anchor chromosome replication origins at cell poles in a ...

Genetic mutations occur everyday in our cells, but the vast majority of them are repaired. New research finds DNA repair is not on PAR in HD cells, causing mutations to build up in people with HD.