Defective DNA damage repair leads to chaos in the genome
Monday, November 12, 2018 - 14:30
in Biology & Nature
Scientists have now found a cause for the frequent catastrophic events in the genetic material of cancer cells that have only been known for a few years: If an important DNA repair system of the cells has failed, this promotes fragmentation and defective assembly of the genetic material. Cancer cells with such a repair defect can now possibly be treated by a specific group of drugs.