{"id":244336,"date":"2026-09-21T21:39:23","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T02:39:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/scientists-reveal-how-our-cells-conduct-emergency-repairs-for-dna"},"modified":"2026-09-21T21:39:23","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T02:39:23","slug":"scientists-reveal-how-our-cells-conduct-emergency-repairs-for-dna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/scientists-reveal-how-our-cells-conduct-emergency-repairs-for-dna","title":{"rendered":"Scientists reveal how our cells conduct emergency repairs for DNA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/scientists-reveal-how-our-cells-conduct-emergency-repairs-for-dna.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Two new studies from Johns Hopkins University are providing scientists with an unprecedented view of how human cells repair one of the most dangerous forms of genetic damage: a break that severs both strands of the DNA double helix.<\/p>\n<p>Published back-to-back in <i>Nature Communications<\/i>, the studies examine different stages of a repair process called \u201cnon-homologous end joining,\u201d or NHEJ. Together, the findings show how cells gain access to damaged DNA packaged inside chromatin and assemble a versatile collection of molecular tools to prepare and reconnect its broken ends.<\/p>\n<p>The research could ultimately contribute to better cancer treatments and more predictable gene-editing techniques. Its immediate importance, however, lies in improving scientists\u2019 fundamental understanding of a repair system that protects the human genome every day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two new studies from Johns Hopkins University are providing scientists with an unprecedented view of how human cells repair one of the most dangerous forms of genetic damage: a break that severs both strands of the DNA double helix. Published back-to-back in Nature Communications, the studies examine different stages of a repair process called \u201cnon-homologous [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":427,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,412],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-244336","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-genetics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244336","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/427"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=244336"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244336\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=244336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=244336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=244336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}