Oncology & Cancer

New research uncovers 'stability protein' for cancer treatment

Researchers from the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research at the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences have characterised a new protein that is important to the genetic stability of cells. It may be significant ...

Oncology & Cancer

The roles of USP1 in Ewing sarcoma

A new research paper titled "Roles of USP1 in Ewing sarcoma" has been published in Genes & Cancer.

Medical research

Detector of DNA damage: Structure of a repair factor revealed

Double-stranded breaks in cellular DNA can trigger tumorigenesis. Researchers from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich, Germany, have determined the structure of a protein involved in the repair and signaling ...

Oncology & Cancer

Improving radiotherapy for brain cancers

Dr Ross Carruthers has recently been awarded a CRUK Clinican Scientist Fellowship. A consultant radiation oncologist, now based at the University of Glasgow, he plans to investigate DNA damage response mechanisms in glioblastoma, ...

Medical research

Protein NBS1 is crucial for macrophage functional activity

Protein NBS1, which plays a key role in DNA damage repair, is required for macrophage functional activity. This is one of the conclusions of a scientific paper published in the journal Blood by a team of experts from the ...

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