水熊虫（Tardigrade）是一种几乎无所不在的无脊椎动物，存在于海洋、淡水或苔藓、地衣和落叶层等环境中，它们体型微小（≤1 mm），能够在高温、寒冷、高压、干燥，以及高水平的电离辐射等极端环境中顽强生存。电离辐射是太空和地球环境的重要组成部分，在医疗中常被用于诊断和治疗。全球超过 60% ...

Researchers harness the power of the world’s most advanced supercomputers to simulate the inner workings of cellular ...

UCLA Health researchers say study findings uncover Huntington's disease mechanisms and pave new ways to develop treatments.

The goal of genome editing technology is to develop strategies for the correction of those mutations that are responsible of ...

These large, mysterious creatures are the longest-living vertebrates on the planet—and their genomes could contain clues to ...

A team led by Prof. Wuran Wei from West China Hospital of Sichuan University and Dr. Dechao Feng from the Division of Surgery ...

Their work on Frontier will involve examining transcription-coupled NER, which is a DNA repair process that fixes damage in actively transcribed genes to ensure that essential proteins can continue ...

Northwestern Medicine scientists have uncovered new details about the genetic structure of ovarian cancer stem cells, ...

Despite the presence of multiple DNA repair mechanisms, unrepaired DNA damage accumulates in aging egg cells. Until now, it has been unclear why this happens.