A cancer drug target already being investigated in clinical trials turns out to be doing something even more consequential ...

A group of nerve cells essential for cognition may be especially vulnerable to DNA damage upon exposure to inflammation in MS.

Researchers have identified a specific class of brain neurons that dies during multiple sclerosis because inflammation ...

Researchers discover that the nerve cells that make us uniquely human are also uniquely vulnerable to dying during the waves ...

A hidden mechanism in MS may be damaging neurons at their genetic core, offering a potential new way to slow the disease.

DNA can sustain serious injuries called double strand breaks, in which both strands of the helix snap. These breaks are among the most dangerous forms of DNA damage and immediately trigger the cell's ...

A new discovery offers hope for Huntington’s disease. This discovery provides hope that a DNA repair process may help slow or stop disease progression. Research has identified a critical DNA repair ...

The human genome consists of 3 billion base pairs, and when a cell divides, it takes about seven hours to complete making a copy of its DNA. That's almost 120,000 base pairs per second. At that ...

If severe DNA damage is not repaired, the consequences for the health of cells and tissues are dramatic. A study led by researchers at Goethe University Frankfurt, part of the Rhine-Main University ...