Cells have a warning system to detect DNA in the cytosol, which involves activation of STING, which in turn coordinates ...

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 ...

For decades, we’ve believed the bright redness of sunburn — along with its irritating sting and peeling ... and pain of sunburn may stem from damage to RNA, not DNA. “Sunburn damages the ...

Zhijian “James” Chen, a biochemist at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, was awarded the 2024 Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award for the discovery of the cGAS enzyme that ...