When scientists sequenced the first Neanderthal genomes, they did not just resurrect a lost branch of the human family tree, ...

An international research team has identified a human protein, ANKLE1, as the first DNA-cutting enzyme (nuclease) in mammals ...

Following a double-strand DNA break, an enzyme called PARP1 helps hold the two strands together —like superglue— and creates a safe zone for other proteins to come repair the damage. We don’t exactly ...

Rodrigo Duarte received funding from the National Institutes of Health, USA. Douglas Nixon receives funding from the National Institutes of Health, USA. Timothy Powell receives funding from the ...

With a new study in the journal Cell, researchers at Stanford University and Stockholm University have contributed to increased knowledge about gene regulation in human cells.