Half a century ago, scientists Jim Watson and Alexey Olovnikov independently realized that there was a problem with how our DNA gets copied. A quirk of linear DNA replication dictated that telomeres ...
Five-year NIH-funded study will examine how early-life factors such as growth patterns and exposure to air pollution affect ...
A new study led by University of Pittsburgh and UPMC Hillman Cancer Center researchers shows that an enzyme called PARP1 is involved in repair of telomeres, the lengths of DNA that protect the tips of ...
A new study led by researchers at the University of Pittsburgh (Pitt) and UPMC Hillman Cancer Center has shown that an enzyme called PARP1 is involved in the repair of telomeres, the lengths of DNA ...
In a major scientific leap, researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison have uncovered a long overlooked function of a protein that helps explain why some people develop severe and sometimes ...