It looks like an innocent flower, but it’s so dangerous it can alter human DNA. The Giant Hogweed is one of the most ...

Global warming is producing a rapid loss of plant species – according to estimates, roughly 600 plant species have died out ...

As previously mentioned, one important DNA damage response (DDR ... Photolyases are found in numerous organisms, including fungi, plants, invertebrates such as fruit flies, and vertebrates ...

Like many researchers in the telomere field, Dorothy Shippen, who is a plant telomere biologist at Texas A&M University, was intrigued. Telomere changes in response to the environment can influence an ...

These so-called jumping genes, or transposons, can cause damage if not controlled ... major enzymes that add methyl groups in ...

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 ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) DNA damage in healthy cells can persist unrepaired for years, challenging traditional views on mutation formation. This persistence allows multiple opportunities ...

The study is published in Nature Structural & Molecular Biology in an article titled, “ATM and IRAK1 orchestrate two distinct mechanisms of NF-κB activation in response to DNA damage.” ...

Normal metabolic activity produces reactive oxygen species (ROS) that, if not eliminated, can damage cellular components. As a result, ROS from overactive mitochondria are frequently cited as a source ...

"Sunburn damages the DNA, leading to cell death and inflammation. So the textbooks say. But in this study we were surprised to learn that this is a result of damage to the RNA, not the DNA that ...

How cells respond to mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) damage is not fully understood. This study uncovers a mechanism of mtDNA ...

The European Food Safety Authority issued a warning in 2021 that tongkat ali has the potential to induce DNA damage ... various compounds found in the plant. Specifically, tongkat ali contains ...