For the Liu Lab, necessity is truly the mother of invention. The researchers were examining how the 3D organization of the ...

In addition to exporting materials out of the nucleus, the protein, called Exportin-1 (also called Xpo1 or Crm1), seems to play a role in promoting gene transcription, the process that creates RNA ...

p53 enhances DNA repair and suppresses cytoplasmic chromatin fragments and inflammation in senescent cells - ...

Technically, Pol-theta is an enzyme—a type of protein that speeds up chemical reactions, including those related to cell ...

New research illustrates how a DNA repair protein suppresses senescent cells, reducing age-associated chronic inflammation.

Radiation therapy is a powerful tool for fighting cancer, but it comes with painful side effects. About 60% of cancer ...

The small study in patients with a rare disorder that causes liver and lung damage showed the potential for precisely ...

Johns Hopkins scientists develop mRNA "booster" as potential new way to treat rare genetic diseases marked by too low levels ...