A cancer drug target already being investigated in clinical trials turns out to be doing something even more consequential ...

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A group of nerve cells essential for cognition may be especially vulnerable to DNA damage upon exposure to inflammation in MS.

Discovery reshapes understanding of how tumor cells repair broken DNA, pointing toward more precise cancer therapies.

In a new Dartmouth Cancer Center (DCC) study led by clinical researcher Tyler J. Curiel, MD, MPH, FACP, investigators found ...

There are records of whole human groups disappearing mysteriously from parts of northwest Europe, particularly what is now ...

A major focus of the research was a protein called HIF1A (hypoxia-inducible factor 1 alpha), which plays an important role in ...

Some of your most important life partners are the mitochondria that power all your cells. You and these little cellular ...

A hidden mechanism in MS may be damaging neurons at their genetic core, offering a potential new way to slow the disease.

All processes such as wound healing, hair growth, and the replacement of old cells with new ones depend on cell division.

Researchers discover that the nerve cells that make us uniquely human are also uniquely vulnerable to dying during the waves ...