The prostate is the single organ most frequently afflicted by cancer in men. Prostate cancer affects approximately 4 million American men, with another 330,000 men expected to be diagnosed with the ...

Caltech researchers have identified a novel chemical reaction that could explain the formation of the building blocks of DNA ...

Tyrosyl-DNA phosphodiesterases (TDPs) are specialised enzymes that resolve covalent complexes formed between topoisomerases and DNA during normal cellular processes and in response to genotoxic stress ...

DNA, or deoxyribonucleic acid, is the hereditary material found in nearly all living organisms. It carries the genetic instructions for the development, functioning, growth, and reproduction of all ...

‘Mistakes in cell division can promote adaptation to new environments in certain organisms’, says Dr Mihailo Mirkovic. The University of Galway has tapped biochemistry expert Dr Mihailo Mirkovic to ...