Researchers at Tel Aviv University, led by Prof. Illana Gozes, examined the effects of different mutations in the ADNP ...

Torsional stress in chromatin plays a fundamental role in cellular functions, influencing key processes such as transcription, replication, and chromatin organization. Transcription and other ...

What happens in the brain as we age? Might it be at all possible to rejuvenate nerve cells? Seeking answers to these ...

Aging is a privilege, but it also brings risks -- including an increased likelihood of developing age-related diseases including cancer. Researchers have now created a landmark atlas of how healthy ...

A new lawsuit claims that a hairstylist developed bladder cancer from working with a dye chemical for decades. The answer: quite possibly. Even more intriguing, the dye itself is harmless—but its ...

How does tidy storage lead to better medicine? Epigenetics is becoming an ever more important field of research, focusing not ...

New research about how smoking damages DNA could open new possibilities for targeted cancer prevention. Israeli and US ...

By Balambal Suryanarayanan CRISPR-Cas9 is a repurposed gene editing tool that allows scientists to cut, replace, and insert pieces of DNA in precise regions along the strand. Courtesy of NIH Image ...

The term DNA has become a trendy catchphrase, used to describe the essence of individuals and groups. But what exactly is DNA ...

The research suggests that the body's ability to fix DNA damage is more important than the extent of the damage itself in ...

Oligonucleotide therapies are among the most promising biological therapeutics. They target disease at a different stage of ...