Protein prevents DNA damage in the developing brain and might serve as a tumor suppressor

Monday, April 23, 2012 - 13:30 in Biology & Nature

Scientists have rewritten the job description of the protein TopBP1 after demonstrating that it guards early brain cells from DNA damage. Such damage might foreshadow later problems, including cancer.

Read the whole article on Science Daily

More from Science Daily

Latest Science Newsletter

Get the latest and most popular science news articles of the week in your Inbox! It's free!

Check out our next project, Biology.Net