DNA damage

Blood sugar levels linked to DNA damage and cancer in diabetics

Increased blood sugar levels in diabetics could damage DNA and make the genome unstable, increasing the risk of certain cancers. Source link

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Researchers explain how diabetes increases cancer risk

For years, scientists have been trying to solve a medical mystery: Why do people with type 1 or type 2 diabetes have an increased risk of developing some forms of...

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Targeted pancreatic cancer drug shows promise in clinical trials

Researchers have conducted clinical trials with a new drug targeting pancreatic cancer and the initial results are promising. Source link

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New leukemia treatment developed from common wild flower

Researchers have discovered how to turn a compound from a common wildflower called Feverfew into a new treatment for leukemia. Source link

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Discovery of protective protein could open door to better treatment of fast-growing cancer cells

The discovery that an essential protein plays a protective role during cell division, could open the door to better targeted treatment of fast-growing cancer cells. Source link

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Mechanism Behind Low Cancer Occurrence In Bats Signals Potential Treatment Strategies For Humans

Cancer is a leading cause of death in aging populations. Despite decades of research, cancer treatments are still inefficient and have unacceptable side effects that continue to prompt an urgent...

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Researchers identify effective drug combinations for malignant brain tumor in mice

Usually, scientists study the molecular biology of cancer to find new treatments, but sometimes, it is the other way round: when trying to find new treatments, scientists find key information...

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Human body is a mosaic pattern of DNA mutations, say researchers

Researchers have discovered that the cells of the human body aren’t clones of a single DNA sequence, but are actually a mosaic of mutations. Source link

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Researchers identify new mechanism for accessing damaged DNA

UV light damages the DNA of skin cells, which can lead to skin cancer. Source link

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Viral study reveals new way to prevent kidney damage following organ transplant

While studying one of the smallest DNA viruses known, Sunnie Thompson, Ph.D., may have found a new way to help prevent kidney damage following organ transplant. Source link

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Yeast species thrives, despite losing DNA repair genes years ago

Researchers have discovered an ancient species of budding yeast that has lost dozens of DNA repair genes, without any adverse effects. Source link

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A gene regulatory multi-tool plays key role in unjamming the genome after DNA damage

[ad_1] A protein complex that is involved in nearly every step in the regulatory control of gene expression in cells has now been shown also to play a key role...

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New research opens possibility of using sperm taken from testicles to overcome infertility

[ad_1] Scientists have found that sperm DNA from the testicles of many infertile men is as good as that of ejaculated sperm of fertile men. This may explain a major...

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Spontaneously slow-cycling subpopulations of human cells originate from activation of stress-response pathways

by Mingwei Min, Sabrina L. Spencer Slow-cycling subpopulations exist in bacteria, yeast, and mammalian systems. In the case of cancer, slow-cycling subpopulations have been proposed to give rise to drug...

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Long noncoding RNAs: p53’s secret weapon in the fight against cancer?

[ad_1] by Emily Dangelmaier, Sarah B. Lazar, Ashish Lal p53 regulates the expression of hundreds of genes. Recent surprising observations indicate that no single protein-coding gene controls the tumor suppressor...

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Research sheds light on how motor enzyme can promote genome integrity

[ad_1] Approximately one per cent of each organism's genome encodes helicases. Helicases are mostly known as motor enzymes that can unwrap double-stranded DNA by use of energy. Source link [ad_2]

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Researchers uncover how the immune system protects from bowel cancer

[ad_1] Researchers from Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin have discovered a protective mechanism which is used by the body to protect intestinal stem cells from turning cancerous. Source link [ad_2]

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Sleep deprivation linked with DNA damage

[ad_1] Sleep deprivation was associated with DNA damage in a new Anesthesia study. In the observational study on 49 healthy full-time doctors who had their blood analyzed at different time...

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Novel biomarker links tumor progression to genome instability

[ad_1] Our DNA is under constant attack. The delicate molecule that contains our genetic information is extremely vulnerable to everything from environmental agents, such as radiation, to the chemicals in...

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Sperm health may play a role in recurrent miscarriages

[ad_1] The early-stage study, from scientists at Imperial College London, investigated the sperm quality of 50 men whose partners had suffered three or more consecutive miscarriages. Source link [ad_2]

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