Technically, Pol-theta is an enzyme—a type of protein that speeds up chemical reactions, including those related to cell ...

A U.K. startup, originating from founder Jacob Nathan's high school science project on using enzymes to break down plastic ...

Sunburns and aging skin are obvious effects of exposure to harmful UV rays, tobacco smoke and other carcinogens. But the ...

A new structural blueprint paves the way for improved targeting of cancer cells, particularly those with BRCA1 and BRCA2 ...

Researchers have uncovered a source of "replication stress" during DNA replication, shedding light on a new cancer target.

The small study in patients with a rare disorder that causes liver and lung damage showed the potential for precisely ...

Scientists at Scripps Research have now captured the first detailed images of the DNA repair protein, Pol-theta, in action, ...

Researchers at the RNA Institute at the University at Albany are pioneering new methods for designing and assembling DNA ...

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign researchers have developed a CRISPR-based diagnostic tool capable of detecting ...

Kokoris came up with the idea of solving some of the noise issue of nanopore sequencing by converting DNA into larger ...

In a preclinical study, researchers at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) demonstrated a novel gene therapy with ...

Researchers at Georgia State University used the Summit supercomputer to study an elaborate molecular pathway called ...