While most known types of DNA damage are fixed by our cells' in-house DNA repair mechanisms, some forms of DNA damage evade repair and can persist for many years, new research shows. This means ...

"The surprising result of our research is that DNA repair, which normally protects healthy cells, determines how cancer cells die following radiotherapy," said Prof Cesare. "The DNA inside our ...

Chromosomes are tightly coiled structures in each of your cells that contain DNA, the code for all life. DNA is organized in segments on chromosomes called genes. Humans typically have 46 ...

Centre for Chemical Biology, Department of Chemistry, Institute for Nucleic Acids, University of Sheffield, Brook Hill, Sheffield S3 7HF, U.K. Centre for Chemical Biology, Department of Chemistry, ...

1Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York. 2Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts. 3Clinical and ...

How can DNA from a cheek swab determine if someone is closely related to you? When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. DNA tests can ...