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Brake on DNA damage repair pathway discovered

General Research

Researchers in the Department of Biochemistry have identified a new layer of control of the Fanconi anaemia pathway that repairs a harmful form of DNA damage.

Brake on dna damage repair pathway discovered

The mechanism described could help to provide a safeguard against spuriously activating the pathway and could open up therapeutic possibilities.  

Read more (Department of Biochemistry website)