The researchers found that each synthetic plant hormone stopped the DNA repair process of cancer cells that occurs before cell division but after the cells have copied DNA. The PARP inhibitors halted a second DNA repair process, according to the team, …

WASHINGTON (February 16, 2016) — Two drugs that mimic a common plant hormone effectively cause DNA damage and turn off a major DNA repair mechanism, suggesting their potential use as an anti-cancer therapy, say investigators at Georgetown …

Two super-resilient fungi were able to survive, and even grow, when exposed to a Mars-like environment aboard the International Space Station (ISS). The experiment gave clues as to how life may have once thrived on the Red Planet and possibly could …

It used the DNA of about 569 breast tissues, where 50 of them came from women without cancer at all and 42 came from women who have cancer. The also added 263 breast cancer samples to finalized their study. In result, over 30% of the DNA structure was …

Researchers have made a new discovery about leukaemia, which could make treatment more effective in the future. A team at King's College London, working with colleagues in the US and Hong Kong, identified a pair of genes inside cells that could play a …

"This new experimental protocol lets you assay both DNA methylation and RNA of the same single cell in parallel," says Oliver Stegle of EMBL's European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI). "Our approach provides the first direct view on the …

"End of injections in sight for diabetics after new discovery," says The Daily Telegraph. If you think you've read a similar headline before, you may be right – replacing insulin injections for type 1 diabetes has been a goal for many years. Type 1 …

The study team – led by researchers at Imperial College London in the UK – reports the findings in the journal Nature and suggests they may lead to improvements in how we treat pandemic and seasonal flu, which infects over 800 million people worldwide …

Rapidly dividing cells rely on an enzyme called Dicer to help them repair the DNA damage that occurs as they make mistakes in copying their genetic material over and over for new cells. UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers have built …

The first DNA nanobot trial in a human subject will take place this year—in fact, it could be happening right now—on a person with late-stage leukemia. The patient is expected to die, but Bechelet believes that, based on previous animal trials, the …