DNA repair aided by protein gluing broken ends together
A protein involved in DNA damage repair, PARP1, has been likened to superglue due to its crucial role in holding together the broken DNA ends...
DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) is the molecule that encodes genetic information. It contains four different chemicals, or bases, known as A, C, G and T.
Genes and chromosomes are made of DNA.
by Olivia Goff
A protein involved in DNA damage repair, PARP1, has been likened to superglue due to its crucial role in holding together the broken DNA ends...
ITVX's new four-part documentary, Born From the Same Stranger features the stories of donor-conceived people looking for information about their half-siblings and donors. Charlotte Dore reviews the first episode to air...
Sperm motility increased after the application of ultrasound, scientists have discovered...
by BioNews
145 genes have been identified as key to maintaining genome stability, protection, repair, and preventing DNA damage...
by Dr Sayyed Mohamed Muhsin and 1 others
Dr Sayyed Mohamed Muhsin and Dr Alexis Heng Boon Chin give an ethical analysis of germline genome editing to prevent genetic diseases based on Islamic legal maxims (Qawaid Fiqhiyyah)...
A long non-coding RNA that plays a role in the inactivation of one of the X chromosomes in females, could be behind why autoimmune diseases disproportionately affect women...
Viral genetic material, integrated into our DNA millions of years ago, has an essential role in a key early stage in embryo development...
Two clinical studies, trialing different gene therapies, have improved the hearing of children with a rare form of congenital deafness...
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