Genetics

How cells remodel after UV radiation

Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, with colleagues in The Netherlands and United Kingdom, have produced the first map detailing the network of genetic interactions underlying the cellular ...

Health

Vitamins can damage the body's own defences

Each year, we spend billion of dollars on dietary supplements. New research indicates that vitamin pills may upset the fragile balance in our cells and thus cause more harm than good.

Oncology & Cancer

Biologists ID new cancer weakness

About half of all cancer patients have a mutation in a gene called p53, which allows tumors to survive and continue growing even after chemotherapy severely damages their DNA.

Medical research

Novel inhibitor implicates the TORC2 kinase in genome stability

(Medical Xpress)—FMI scientists have identified a novel inhibitor, which synergizes with low-doses of other DNA damaging agents, to induce a dramatic chromosome fragmentation even in normal cells. Unexpectedly, the compound ...

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