Every time a cell divides, it must copy its DNA with extraordinary precision. But this process is constantly challenged by ...

Scientists have captured the most detailed structural images to date of a specific type of protein's DNA repair process, a finding that could reveal ways to inhibit the effects of BRCA1 and BRCA2 ...

A newly discovered molecule disrupts cancer cells’ ability to repair DNA by triggering the breakdown of key proteins. Cancer ...

Learn more about a new experimental procedure that uses cancer cells’ DNA repair system against itself to make drug-resistant ...

When injured, cells have well-regulated responses to promote healing. These include a long-studied self-destruction process that cleans up dead and damaged cells as well as a more recently identified ...