A lot of things need to go right on a molecular level for immune cells to launch an adaptive response to an infection.

Australian researchers have found that DNA repair may determine how cancer cells die following radiotherapy in a new study ...

If you are anything like us, whenever you plan a journey, you spend a remarkable amount of time thinking about the start and ...

How does your body produce millions of antibodies from one genome? New research reveals how two closely related proteins help ...

Genetic recombination in Saccharomyces cerevisiae underpins both the faithful repair of DNA damage and the generation of genetic diversity during meiosis. Central to this process is the repair of ...

A lot of things need to go right on a molecular level for immune cells to launch an adaptive response to an infection. B cells can produce different classes of antibodies tailored for specific ...

In principle, the presence of ESCs in mature lymphocytes is unlikely to have functional consequences, owing to their very low RAG gene expression. However, RAGs are aberrantly expressed in most ...

When DNA breaks, cells must repair it accurately to prevent harmful mutations. Researchers have discovered that during a key repair process called homologous recombination, the cell uses loops in its ...

Scientists at deCODE genetics/Amgen have constructed a complete map of how human DNA is mixed as it is passed down during reproduction. The map marks a major step in the understanding of genetic ...

In just a few decades, DNA sequencing technologies evolved from slow, manual processes to rapid, automated ones, making ...