ABC 12 News: Using a blood marker to help diagnose dementia risk

July 9, 2020

Chronic inflammation in the body, caused by genetics, disease, or lifestyle is very damaging to cells, playing a role in vascular disease and dementia. Sudha Seshadri, MD, professor of neurology at UT Health San Antonio explained to Ivanhoe, “We are increasingly recognizing that infection and inflammation play a role in neurodegeneration and vascular diseases.” Read […]




ScienceDaily: When it comes to DNA repair, it’s not one tool fits all

July 9, 2020

James Daley, PhD, Department of Biochemistry and Structural Biology, is the first author of research, published June 18 in the journal Nature Communications, that sheds light on a double-strand break repair process called homologous recombination. Joined by senior authors Patrick Sung, DPhil, Department of Biochemistry and Structural Biology, and Sandeep Burma, PhD, from Neurosurgery, and other […]


News Medical Life Sciences: DNA resection pathways are highly specific, shows study

July 9, 2020

James Daley, PhD, Department of Biochemistry and Structural Biology, is the first author of research, published June 18 in the journal Nature Communications, that sheds light on a double-strand break repair process called homologous recombination. Joined by senior authors Patrick Sung, DPhil, Department of Biochemistry and Structural Biology, and Sandeep Burma, PhD, from Neurosurgery, and […]


Phys.org: Study shows great specificity of action by enzymes to correct double-strand DNA breaks

July 9, 2020

James Daley, PhD, Department of Biochemistry and Structural Biology, is the first author of research, published June 18 in the journal Nature Communications, that sheds light on a double-strand break repair process called homologous recombination. Joined by senior authors Patrick Sung, DPhil, Department of Biochemistry and Structural Biology, and Sandeep Burma, PhD, from Neurosurgery, and […]