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Wasatch Biolabs Announces Co-Marketing Agreement with Agilent to Advance Native-Read Targeted Sequencing

Wasatch BioLabs (WBL), a leader in native, long-read sequencing and epigenomic analysis, today announced a co-marketing agreement with Agilent Technologies to support the adoption of its Direct Targeted Methylation Sequencing (dTMS) platform.

22 Dec 2025

OIST Study Illuminates Cancer's Avoidance of Cellular Stress Responses

When cell division (mitosis) takes too long, it can be a sign that something is wrong with the cells, for example DNA damage or chromosomal instability.

11 Dec 2025

Study Reveals ATM-Driven Mechanism Behind Telomere-Induced Senescence

After a finite number of divisions, cells simply give up. As each round of replication trims their telomeres-the protective caps at the chromosome ends-those caps eventually become too short to prevent chromosome ends from being recognized as DNA breaks.

2 Dec 2025

Innovative Sensor Enables Live Observation of DNA Repair in Living Cells

Cancer research, drug safety testing and ageing biology may all gain a major boost from a new fluorescent sensor developed at Utrecht University.

22 Nov 2025

Newly Identified Mitochondrial DNA Damage Sheds Light on Cellular Stress

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.

20 Nov 2025

Neurons and Other Nondividing Cells Respond Differently to CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing

The gene editing tool known as CRISPR-Cas9 is changing what's possible for treating a wide range of diseases caused by genetic mutations.

18 Nov 2025

RNA Imaging Predicts Early Cell Damage with High Sensitivity

NIMS, in collaboration with Nagoya University, Gifu University, and the University of Adelaide, has developed a method for simultaneously imaging DNA and RNA inside cells using harmless infrared to near-infrared light.

14 Nov 2025

New Tool Studies Kinase Activity During DNA Damage

Cornell researchers have developed a powerful new biosensor that reveals, in unprecedented detail, how and where kinases – enzymes that control nearly all cellular processes – turn on and off inside living cells.

14 Nov 2025

TRF1 Knockout Mice Exhibit Healthier Metabolic States Without Telomere Shortening

A new research paper was published in Volume 17, Issue 9 of Aging-US on September 17, 2025, titled "Depletion of the TRF1 telomere-binding protein leads to leaner mice with altered metabolic profiles."

28 Oct 2025

KCTD10 Acts as a Traffic Controller to Prevent DNA Damage in Dividing Cells

Mayo Clinic researchers have identified a protein that acts like a traffic controller for DNA, preventing damage during cell division - a discovery that could lead to new cancer therapies, according to a study published in Nature.

14 Oct 2025

New Genetic Insights Offer Hope for Early Detection of Osteosarcoma

Researchers at Cleveland Clinic Children's have helped identify a previously unknown gene that increases the risk of developing osteosarcoma, the most common type of malignant bone tumor in children and young adults.

10 Oct 2025

Actin Scaffold Protects Cancer Cell Nuclei Under Mechanical Stress

Researchers from the Cluster of Excellence CIBSS have demonstrated that an actin scaffold stabilizes the cell nucleus upon mechanical stress.

30 Sep 2025

Microbial Molecule Controls Cancer Progression and Boosts Chemotherapy

An international team of scientists led by researchers from the MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences (LMS), Imperial College London, and the University of Cologne discovered that microbes associated with tumors produce a molecule that can control cancer progression and improve chemotherapy efficacy.

15 Sep 2025