Something strange is happening to the dogs of Chernobyl—their DNA is changing at an unbelievable rate. Scientists have ...

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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 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 ...

In one experiment, healthy lab mice which were given two rounds of radiation via Flash did not develop the typical side effects which would be expected during the second round. In another study ...

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

Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA, and president and co-founder of DNA Bridge, Durham, North Carolina, USA. Conflicts in Ukraine, Gaza, Sudan, Syria and elsewhere have ...

“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 ...