Making safe choices: DNA repair mechanisms avoid chromosomal combinations predisposed to disease
Thursday, April 30, 2020 - 08:30
in Biology & Nature
Homologous recombination is an essential process of DNA repair to maintain genomic integrity of the organism. Now, researchers from Japan have identified mechanisms that choose between alternate pathways of DNA repair to limit anomalous and deleterious chromosomal combinations that may be predisposed to cancer and genetic diseases.