However, the new study, published in the Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health, has uncovered that a byproduct of ...

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 ...

The research team will study the biological impact of chemical exposures on the short- and long-term health of residents by measuring DNA damage which may increase the risk of developing chronic ...

Proteins within cells regulate growth and division, and were widely assumed to be the targets for cancer-causing chemicals. However, research conducted at the ICR by Professor Philip Lawley and ...

Researchers have mapped the activity of repair proteins in individual human cells. The study demonstrates how these proteins ...

New research from the Kind Group at the Hubrecht Institute sheds light on how cells repair damaged DNA. For the first time, ...

This important work advances our understanding of DNA methylation and its consequences for susceptibility to DNA damage. This work presents evidence that DNA methylation can accentuate the genomic ...