In a groundbreaking shift in our understanding of mutations, researchers have discovered types of DNA damage in healthy cells ...

While most known types of DNA damage are fixed by our cells' in-house DNA repair mechanisms, some forms of DNA damage evade repair and can persist for many years, new research shows. This means that ...

Most people associate sunburns with DNA damage -- it's what we've been taught in textbooks and by dermatologists for years.

While most known types of DNA damage are fixed by our cells’ in-house DNA repair mechanisms, some forms of DNA damage evade repair and can persist for many years, new research shows. This means that ...

DNA damage and repair refers to the creation and correction of DNA lesions that threaten genome integrity. Because DNA replication errors or environmental agents that damage DNA can introduce ...

How do DNA repair mechanisms detect and repair damaged DNA, and what happens when they fail? Defects in DNA repair underlie a number of human genetic diseases that affect a wide variety of body ...

A research team from the University of California, Irvine has revealed a previously unknown mechanism that triggers an inflammatory immune response in cells when their DNA is damaged. This ...