Fast way to measure DNA repair
Test analyzing cells’ ability to fix different kinds of broken DNA could help doctors predict cancer risk.
Test analyzing cells’ ability to fix different kinds of broken DNA could help doctors predict cancer risk.
Michael Hemann seeks better ways to deploy chemotherapy drugs and overcome tumor resistance.
Work reveals how a genome-editing tool works to correct errors in the genetic code.
Drugs that block new target gene could make many tumors more vulnerable to chemotherapy.
Scientists find that loops of DNA are key to tightly packing genetic material for cell division.
Biology professor Dennis Kim seeks to understand the physiology and evolution of host-microbe interactions by studying a simple worm.
MIT researchers find that high ratio of freeloaders makes it more likely colony will die from sudden shock to environment.
Automated system for high-speed analysis of vertebrate larvae could aid drug development.
Biologists find that long non-coding RNA molecules are necessary to regulate differentiation of embryonic stem cells into cardiac cells.
MIT biologists find that alternative splicing of RNA rewires signaling in different tissues and may often contribute to species differences.
New sensor can detect four different molecules, could be used to program cells to precisely monitor their environments.
A new method identifies the precise binding sites of transcription factors — proteins that regulate the production of other proteins — with 10 times the accuracy of its predecessors.
Particles that shut off cancer genes could also allow researchers to screen potential drug targets more rapidly.