Ancient animals reveal sleep’s original role in maintaining brain health
A groundbreaking new study from Bar-Ilan University shows that one of sleep’s core functions originated hundreds of millions…
Study shines new light on how cancer avoids the mitotic stopwatch pathway
When cell division (mitosis) takes too long, it can be a sign that something is wrong with the…
Study reveals ATM kinase as the key driver of replicative senescence
After a finite number of divisions, cells simply give up. As each round of replication trims their telomeres-the…
New sensor captures DNA breaks, repair inside living cells in real time
In a quiet lab at Utrecht University, researchers have built a tool that lets you watch one of…
New fluorescent sensor allows scientists to watch DNA damage and repair in real time
Cancer research, drug safety testing and ageing biology may all gain a major boost from a new fluorescent…
New drug combination gains Fast Track Designation for metastatic colorectal cancer
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted Fast Track Designation to a new drug combination for metastatic…
Cancer Prevention: Going grey? It might be your body’s secret weapon against cancer, says study |
Image credits: Getty Images If you have been noticing more greys than usual, it could actually be your…
Epigenetic editing enables safer and more effective T cell therapies
Arc Institute, Gladstone Institutes, and University of California, San Francisco, scientists have developed an epigenetic editing platform that…
Evolutionary mutation in cGAS enhances naked mole-rat DNA repair
The secret to the naked mole-rats’ extraordinarily long life may lie in subtle changes to just four amino…