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Human DNA repair process recorded in action (Video)
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Jan 29, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A key phase in the repair process of damaged human DNA has been observed and visually recorded by a team of researchers at the University of California, Davis. The recordings provide new information ...
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Modified gene targets cancer cells a thousand times more often than healthy cells
Dec 17, 2008 |
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Researchers at the University of Rochester have designed a gene that produces a thousand times more protein in cancer cells than in healthy cells.
Enhanced DNA-repair mechanism can cause breast cancer
Oct 15, 2007 |
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Although defects in the "breast cancer gene," BRCA1, have been known for years to increase the risk for breast cancer, exactly how it can lead to tumor growth has remained a mystery. In the October 15, 2007, issue of the ...
New information about DNA repair mechanism could lead to better cancer drugs
Jul 16, 2009 |
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Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have shed new light on a process that fixes breaks in the genetic material of the body's cells. Their findings could lead to ways of enhancing chemotherapy ...
Watching DNA Repair in Real Time
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Sep 20, 2006 |
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Direct observations of DNA are giving new insights into how genetic material is copied and repaired.
How cells handle broken chromosomes
Feb 13, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- After being recognized and initially processed by the cellular machinery, the broken chromosome is extensively scanned for homology and the break itself is later tethered to the nuclear envelope. Thus the ...
Yale scientists to study DNA repair in cancer cells
Oct 25, 2007 |
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Yale School of Medicine researchers have received $8.4 million to study how cancer cells mend their own chromosomes and DNA after damage caused by radiation and chemotherapy.
Recombination protein dynamics observed with single monomer resolution
Aug 10, 2006 |
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Using a sensitive, single-molecule measurement technique, researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have observed the life cycle of RecA, a protein that plays a major role in repairing damaged DNA.
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