A new study has discovered in mouse models that genes associated with repairing mismatched DNA are critical in eliciting damages to neurons that are most vulnerable in Huntington's disease and ...

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Many people follow the golden rules of avoiding direct sunlight between the hours of noon and 3 p.m., staying in […] ...

The manuscript by Coquel et al. investigates the effects of BKC and IBC, two compounds found in Psoralea corylifolia in DNA replication and the response to DNA damage, and explores their potential use ...

In closing, it seems now is the time to revise our textbooks and rethink how we perceive the effects of UV radiation on our skin. “This new knowledge turns things upside down. I think most people ...

The conventional explanation for the skin's painful inflammation response involves a cascade of effects triggered by breaks ... edge in a more rapid response to the threat of radiation. "The fact that ...

New research reveals that sunburn’s acute effects, like inflammation and cell death, are triggered by RNA damage rather than DNA damage. This discovery reshapes our understanding of the skin’s defense ...

Comparison of that ancient DNA with modern human DNA showed that the two species had interbred and that people today still ...

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“The fact that the DNA does not control the skin’s initial response to UV radiation, but that something ... muted and there were no sunburn-like effects. This suggests that the ribotoxic ...

The researchers found that instead of the DNA, the acute effects of sunburn were actually caused due to damage to the RNA. The objective of the study was to describe the impact of UV radiation on ...