DNA repair proteins act like the body's editors, constantly finding and reversing damage to our genetic code. Researchers have long struggled to understand how cancer cells hijack one of these ...

In biology, seeing can lead to understanding, and researchers in Professor Edward Boyden's lab at the McGovern Institute for ...

The human body is full of checks and balances that ensure correct growth, development, and function of all our different ...

The human body is full of checks and balances that ensure correct growth, development, and function of all our different ...

A molecule called glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) rose significantly in the blood of patients who underwent ...

This fundamental study reports the effects of the psychedelic drug psilocin on iPSC-derived human cortical neurons, analyzing different aspects of structural and functional neuronal plasticity. The ...

The Pol-theta enzyme (blue) joins two parts of a broken DNA strand (yellow). This process is mutagenic and can give rise to cancer.