A group of nerve cells essential for cognition may be especially vulnerable to DNA damage upon exposure to inflammation in MS.

For decades, multiple sclerosis research has focused on myelin, the insulation around the brain's wiring. Scientists paid ...

A hidden mechanism in MS may be damaging neurons at their genetic core, offering a potential new way to slow the disease.

Researchers discover that the nerve cells that make us uniquely human are also uniquely vulnerable to dying during the waves ...

A cancer drug target already being investigated in clinical trials turns out to be doing something even more consequential ...

What causes gray matter loss in Multiple Sclerosis? New research identifies DNA damage in CUX2 neurons as a primary driver of MS progression.

Hemispherian AS, a clinical-stage oncology company developing novel small molecule therapeutics, today announced the initiation of a first-in-human Phase 1/2a clinical trial of GLIX1 in patients with ...

A team of cancer genomics scientists from The University of Manchester and The Institute of Cancer Research, London, forensically examined the genetic make-up of tumors in 16 different cancers. Their ...

Oestrogen-induced DNA damage drives genomic instability in BRCA1 mutation cells, with dietary compounds showing protective potential.

RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- A previously unknown type of DNA damage in the mitochondria, the tiny power plants inside our cells, could shed light on how our bodies sense and respond to stress. The findings ...

A previously unknown type of DNA damage in the mitochondria, the tiny power plants inside our cells, could shed light on how our bodies sense and respond to stress. The findings of the UC ...