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DNA breaks thousands of times daily

DNA Repair's Hidden Cost: Why 'Fixed' Cells Never Fully Recover

New publication in Science.

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Official Opening of the Copenhagen Center for Glycocalyx Research

On 9 October 2025, the new Copenhagen Center for Glycocalyx Research was officially opened with a…

New research reveals how cancer drugs impact cells at the molecular level

A University of Copenhagen study uncovers intricate details about protein function at the molecular…

CPR Scientists Nicholas Taylor and Nicolai Jacob Wewer Albrechtsen share the Jahre Award for Young Researchers

The annual Anders Jahre Award for Young Researchers is this year awarded to two SUND researchers,…

Discovery of replisome component’s dual function in mediating epigenetic memory

An international research collaboration reveals that the fork protection complex component Mrc1 is …

New Gene-Editing Tool Could Revolutionize Genetic Disease Treatment

Scientists at Novo Nordisk Foundation Centre for Protein Research in Copenhagen publish major study…

Professor Matthias Mann awarded the Dr H.P. Heineken Prize for Biochemistry and Biophysics 2024

The jury recognizes Dr Mann’s pioneering work in the field of proteomics and in particular the…

Health data storage has a climate cost. In the future data may be stored in DNA

A lot of energy is required to analyse and store large amounts of data. We may therefore have to…

Coronavirus uses unexpected part of the body to spread

Researchers have found an unexpected connection between coronavirus and Fragile X Syndrome, which i…