How chromosomes keep their loose ends loose
We take it for granted that our chromosomes won't stick together, yet this kind of cellular disaster would happen constantly were it not for a protein called TRF2. Now, scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) ...
Medical research
Feb 06, 2013 |
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HCMV researchers utilize novel techniques to show preferential repair of the viral genome
A new study about Human Cytomegalovirus (HCMV), a leading cause of birth defects, reveals how the virus co-opts cells' abilities to repair themselves. In the paper published on November 29 in the Open Access journal PLOS Pa ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Nov 29, 2012 |
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Researchers use supercomputer simulations to understand how some carcinogens evade removal
A person doesn't have to go far to find a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH). These carcinogen precursors are inhaled through automobiles exhaust during the morning commute, are present in a drag of cigarette ...
Cancer
Nov 02, 2012 |
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Blocking molecular target could make more cancers treatable with PARP inhibitors
BOSTON--Researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have demonstrated a molecular strategy they say could make a much larger variety of tumors treatable with PARP inhibitors, a promising new class of cancer drugs.
Cancer
Jun 29, 2011 |
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