Ultraviolet (UV) radiation from the sun is a well-known cause of DNA damage, which can lead to diseases like skin cancer. But ...

Rubin said she often hears from patients who believe a “base tan” will help prevent sunburn. While there’s some truth to that, the protection it offers is minimal at best. When your skin is exposed to ...

University of Cologne. (2022, December 21). Radiation damage to paternal DNA is passed on to offspring. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2022 / 12 ...

LONDON, Sept. 13 (UPI) --Though scientists have suspected ionizing radiation can cause cancer, experiments conducted in England are the first to show the damage it inflicts on DNA and may allow ...

DNA polymerase θ-mediated repair of high LET radiation-induced complex DNA double-strand breaks. Nucleic Acids Research , 2023; 51 (5): 2257 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkad076 Cite This Page : ...

But radiation damage, especially to DNA, is a double edge sword. Yes, most lesions that aren’t repaired can potentially cause problems, up to causing lethal cancers.

When healthy cells are irradiated the cell cycle stops at the G1 phase. However, tumor suppressors p53 and pRB, the key factors regulating this checkpoint, are inactivated in many solid cancers. As a ...

In physics terms, radiation is simply energy on the move, carried by waves like sunlight or particles like those released by ...

Fossils are invaluable archives of the past. They preserve details about living things from a few thousand to hundreds of ...

These metabolites helped attenuate radiation-induced DNA damage, as well as reduce damage to bone marrow stem cell production. Looking to validate these findings in humans, ...

image: Densely packed DNA in female worms. DNA is blue, histone marker H3K9me2 is green, and the X-chromosone marker HIM-8 is red. view more Credit: Siyao Wang, University of Cologne ...

More information: Geunil Yi et al, DNA polymerase θ-mediated repair of high LET radiation-induced complex DNA double-strand breaks, Nucleic Acids Research (2023). DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkad076 Journal ...