Bowel cancer cells have the ability to regulate their growth using a genetic on-off switch to maximize their chances of survival, a phenomenon that's been observed for the first time by researchers at ...

A new study shows that cancer damages its own DNA by pushing key genes to work too hard. Researchers found that the most ...

Clinical and prognostic characteristics of early onset metastatic pancreatic cancer. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2024 ASCO Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium. This abstract does not ...

In a step toward treating mitochondrial diseases, researchers in the Netherlands have successfully edited harmful mutations in mitochondrial DNA using a genetic tool known as a base editor. The ...

While most known types of DNA damage are fixed by our cells’ in-house DNA repair mechanisms, some forms of DNA damage evade repair and can persist for many years, new research shows. This means that ...

Prospective Evaluation of Radiation Dose Escalation in Patients With High-Risk Neuroblastoma and Gross Residual Disease After Surgery: A Report From the Children’s Oncology Group ANBL0532 Study ...

If severe DNA damage is not repaired, the consequences for the health of cells and tissues are dramatic. A study led by ...

Researchers at LUMC have made a breakthrough in understanding PALB2 mutations, an important cause of hereditary breast cancer ...

A new long-read sequencing technique has helped researchers investigate how DNA mutations arise in a variety of contexts. A collaboration of researchers led by NYU Langone Health and NYU Grossman ...

Université Laval provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation CA-FR. Université Laval provides funding as a member of The Conversation CA. I have always been fascinated by genetics, a ...