Recently identified 'specialized' or translesion synthesis (TLS) polymerases supplement the activities of the five 'canonical' polymerases to replicate or facilitate the repair of damaged DNA.

While most types of DNA damage are repaired by the body’s natural DNA repair mechanisms, some forms of damage can evade these processes and persist for years, according to new research. This prolonged ...

Mystery Solved: New Study Reveals How DNA Repair Genes Play a Major Role in Huntington's Disease Feb. 11, 2025 — A new study has discovered in mouse models that genes associated with repairing ...

Comparison of that ancient DNA with modern human DNA showed that the two species had interbred and that people today still carry the genetic fingerprint of that intermixing. Since then ...

Whenever a cell divides -- whether to repair damaged tissue, replace old cells, or simply to help the body grow -- DNA is copied to ... "What I love about this work is that it's all about the ...

Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man has finally reached its penultimate episode. Will Spider-Man be able to rise to the ...

The illustration shows DNA being folded into a loop by an SMC motor called cohesin (in purple/blue). The purple part of the motor (with a red/green label) is the protein subunit NIPBL, which acts as a ...

Hopie’s DNA results don’t change anything, Feek wrote in his blog. “I told her I didn’t care. ... I love you as my daughter and I always will,” Feek wrote. “My love for Hopie isn’t ...

Learning about your genetics and ancestry is easier than ever. All you need to do is choose from the many DNA ancestry tests available online, receive your kit and send back the required DNA samples.

Modern Love is a weekly column, a book, a podcast and a television show about relationships, feelings, betrayals and revelations. A DNA match revealed my birth mother. Our story began with ...