That painful sunburn isn't just an inconvenience—it’s your skin screaming for help. ... Sunburn starts with RNA damage, not DNA, study finds. Story by Mac Oliveau • 27m.

Sunburn has traditionally been attributed to UV-induced DNA damage. However, a new study reveals that RNA, another vital cellular molecule, plays a major role in triggering acute sunburn reactions.

This process leads to cell death and inflammation, the hallmark symptoms of sunburn. “Sunburn damages the DNA, leading to cell death and inflammation. So the textbooks say. But in this study we were ...

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 ...

But the kind of RNA that triggers sunburn is called noncoding RNA—it doesn't transmit genetic information, but instead controls how our genes work. (Get a genetics overview.) ...

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 ...

Sunburn is painful. What goes on in the skin when you get it, and could the cascade somehow be stopped? Should it be stopped? A group of scientists have figured out (at least in part) why ...

For decades, we’ve believed the bright redness of sunburn — along with its irritating sting and peeling skin — was the result of ultraviolet (UV) radiation wreaking havoc on DNA. But. ... The redness, ...

If RNA damage is what really starts the sunburn response, that shifts the entire focus of sun-related skin studies. “This new knowledge turns things upside down,” said Simon Bekker-Jensen.

New research conducted at the University of Copenhagen and Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore has upended conventional wisdom about sunburn. While DNA damage has long been considered ...