Medical Watch Digest for Oct 30 CTE causes DNA damage A brain disorder associated with chronic repeated head blows, may also ...

The team found that neurons from individuals with postmortem CTE diagnoses had specific abnormal patterns of somatic genome ...

One of the biggest challenges in cancer treatment is chemoresistance: Tumors that initially respond well to chemotherapy ...

Researchers have discovered a new genetic link to the most common type of bone cancer among children and young ...

Scientists discover a byproduct of sucralose that can damage DNA, raising new questions about the safety of artificial ...

Sometimes the unintended consequences of a treatment can seem worse than the disease. That's certainly the case for patients who develop chemotherapy-induced cardiotoxicity—a severe side-effect that ...

A newly discovered protein from Earth’s toughest animal is inspiring breakthrough therapies for cancer and cardiovascular ...

Bowhead whales can live over 200 years thanks to a protein that helps their cells repair DNA damage efficiently.

This came up in a front page discussion recently, and I promised I'd do a bit of a brain dump. The motivation: people often talk about whether we're regulating the risks posed by exposure to radiation ...

A gene that helped bowheads adapt to frigid Arctic waters also granted them extraordinary longevity. Could it help aging ...