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Microbiologist Wolf-Dietrich Heyer (R), who is codirector of the molecular oncology program at the UC Davis Cancer Center, and postdoctoral candidate Jessica Sneeden are researching cancer’s damage to DNA to discover ways to repair it. They are looking at a dried protein gel showing human recombination proteins Sneeden purified. (Credit: UC Davis Cancer Center)
UC DAVIS (US)—A protein that plays a key role in copying DNA also plays a vital role in repairing breaks in it. The findings will clarify how cancer cells can resist radiation and chemotherapy, as well as how cells become cancerous in the first place, say researchers. Continue…
