The study of DNA damage repair has quickly branched out into fields including cancer biology, photobiology ... When complicated lesions are repaired and when replication forks are halted, these ...

Extensive mitochondrial replication during oogenesis and its role in oocyte maturation and fertilization indicate that the amount of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA ... Third, the PGC-1α protein level was ...

DNA repair proteins act like the body's editors, constantly finding and reversing damage to our genetic code. Researchers ...

Our DNA is constantly under threat — from cell division errors to external factors like sunlight and smoking. Fortunately, ...

In a study published in Nature, researchers report the successful in vitro reconstitution of meiotic DNA double-strand breaks ...

Two new landmark studies show how a seeming tangle of DNA is actually organized into a structure that coordinates thousands ...

Julia Wandelt — who also goes by Julia Wendell or Julia Faustyna — has alleged that a new set of DNA test results “strongly support” her theory that she is related to the missing British ...

A new method for mapping torsion provides insights into the ways that the genome responds to the torsion generated by RNA polymerase II.

The justices heard arguments in the case of a man on death row in Texas who claims DNA testing could spare ... “If you are sure of your conviction and your theory, why not do the testing?” ...