A gene normally protecting DNA can switch roles and start cleaving DNA dangerously when cells produce too much of it offering a new cancer target.
Tag: Repair
DNA Repair Gene EXO1 Can Turn Dangerous When Overproduced Creating Cancer Vulnerability
Scientists found that a gene normally tasked with protecting DNA starts acting like molecular scissors cutting too aggressively when cells overproduce it.
Right to Repair Auto Anecdote from Trump Was Wildly Inaccurate — FactCheck
Fact-checkers found that Trump’s personal anecdote used to promote right-to-repair legislation contained multiple factual errors.
Researchers Capture First Atomic-Level Views of Key Human DNA Repair Enzyme SMUG1
Scientists used cryo-electron microscopy to capture the first detailed atomic-level images of human SMUG1 a critical enzyme involved in DNA base excision repair.