Scientists have found a human gene lurking in a virus that causes skin infections. It may be using our own DNA to infect us.

LCMC Health’s Manning Family Children’s Hospital in New Orleans became Louisiana’s first to use curative gene therapy to treat sickle cell disease.

At the scale of individual cells, the human body is constantly in motion. Every second, millions of cells divide, particularly in tissues such as the bone marrow, intestine and skin; neurons and heart ...

Two new federally funded studies offer detailed views of proteins repairing broken DNA inside tightly packed chromatin, and of the molecular toolkit they assemble at a break, with potential implicatio ...

An Armagh man has been jailed for an assault on police that involved spitting onto an officer's chin, cheek and mouth and urinating in a police cell van. Jason ... This content is for Armagh I members ...

The ATR–ATRIP kinase complex safeguards genome integrity by coordinating cellular responses to DNA damage and replication stress. Two recent cryo-EM studies resolve the structural basis of ATR–ATRIP ...

Lab-grown organoids wire into mice missing a key part of their brain, offering a new way to test drugs for developmental conditions. Human brain tissue transplanted into mice that lack a key part of ...

Sucralose, the artificial sweetener used in Splenda, came under scrutiny after a study found that a related chemical damaged DNA and weakened the gut barrier in laboratory experiments. But later ...

Scientists found that the 3D organization of DNA is disrupted in several types of brain cells affected by Alzheimer’s disease, altering how important genes are switched on and off. The discovery ...

The Da Nang City Military Command is accelerating the process of searching for and collecting the remains of fallen soldiers at Hang Da Sap cave (Ha Nha commune, Da Nang city) before the rainy season.

As celebrities are opening up about their cosmetic work and plastic surgery is a common topic among social media influencers, the demand for cosmetic procedures is booming. And as demand surges, a ...