Research poses a new explanation for how cancer-fighting drugs attack and destroy tumor cells
Research by UMass Chan Medical School scientists Sharon Cantor, PhD, and Jenna M. Whalen, PhD, poses a new explanation for ...
Tag: Homologous Recombination
Scientists discover why cancer cells die differently after radiotherapy
Scientists at Children's Medical Research Institute (CMRI) have solved a big mystery in cancer research – why cells die in ...
RecA protein skips "unwinding" step in DNA repair
Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have been studying DNA repair by homologous recombination, where the RecA protein repairs breaks in ...
Genome editing techniques based on bacterial-artificial-chromosome in herpesvirus research
In a recent study published in the Microorganisms journal, researchers in China reviewed the uses of bacterial-artificial-chromosome (BAC)-based genome editing ...
Study finds telomeres can set damage thresholds for cancer cells above which they cannot continue to divide
Telomers represent the region that constitutes the end of chromosomes and is protected by telomere-binding proteins. These proteins protect telomeres ...
