While most known types of DNA damage are fixed by our cells' in-house DNA repair mechanisms, some forms of DNA damage evade ...

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 ...

Mutations that happen throughout a person’s life may contribute to disease more than we realized. In the summer of 2018, ...

For dog lovers, the idea of cloning a beloved pet has long been the stuff of science fiction. But thanks to incredible ...

The Nematode C. elegans, aka the worm, is a powerful system to approach the question. The adult worm consists of 959 somatic cells that arise via an invariant cell lineage. The invariant lineage ...