The surprising paradigm shift could lead to much more protective sunscreens and effective skin treatments.

New research reveals that sunburn may be caused by RNA damage, not DNA, challenging long-held beliefs about UV exposure ...

New research reveals that sunburn’s acute effects, like inflammation and cell death, are triggered by RNA damage rather than ...

Researchers at the University of Copenhagen and Nanyang Technological University (NTU Singapore) have, now, made a new claim ...

Researchers at the University of Copenhagen and NTU Singapore have discovered that RNA damage, not DNA damage, is the real trigger for the acute effec ...

Spending enough time in the sun without adequate protection can leave us looking and presumably feeling like a lobster ready ...

Sunburn has traditionally been attributed to UV-induced DNA damage. However, a new study by the University of Copenhagen and Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, reveals that RNA, another ...

The redness, inflammation, and pain of sunburn may stem from damage to RNA, not DNA. “Sunburn damages the DNA, leading to cell death and inflammation. So the textbooks say,” said Assistant ...