cells

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DNA repair is normally essential for healthy cells.

From Science Daily • May 17, 2026

It also helps cancer cells survive by repairing damaged DNA, a finding that could eventually improve treatments for some of the deadliest cancers.

From Science Daily • May 17, 2026

Using tumor data and pancreatic cancer cells derived from patients, the team found that cancers with high MYC activity also showed increased DNA repair activity and were associated with worse patient outcomes.

From Science Daily • May 17, 2026

For now, the discovery offers a striking message: memory loss may be tied not only to dying brain cells, but also to living neurons that are running short on energy.

From Science Daily • May 16, 2026

That switch altered the folding of the hemoglobin chain: rather than twisting into its neatly articulated, clasplike structure, the mutant hemoglobin protein accumulated in stringlike clumps within red cells.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee