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New class of DNA repair enzyme discovered
10/30/2015

This year's Nobel Prize in chemistry was given to three scientists who each focused on one piece of the DNA repair puzzle. Now a new study, reported online Oct.

Factor found to balance medically useful stem cell qualities
10/30/2015

A key protein controls stem cell properties that could make them more useful in regenerative medicine, according to a study led by Mount Sinai researchers and published online in the journal Cell...

Researchers discover new way to measure if a person is pre-diabetic
10/30/2015

The University of Hawai'i Cancer Center discovery could warn patients years in advance allowing for a lifestyle change.

Genetics of cancer cells: Computational models to sort out the chaos
10/30/2015

Scientists of the Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine of the University of Luxembourg have developed a method for analysing the genome of cancer cells more precisely than ever before.

Clinical trial of cancer illuminator to increase surgical accuracy for breast cancer starts at UCSF
10/30/2015

Avelas Biosciences, a clinical stage oncology-focused company dedicated to improving cancer patient care from diagnosis through treatment, announced today that clinical trial enrollment has...

Nuclear membrane repairs the 'dark matter' of DNA
10/30/2015

Once thought of simply as a barrier to keep DNA inside the nucleus of a cell, the membrane actually helps to fix catastrophically broken DNA strands.