Crucial cutting enzyme maps sites of DNA damage in leukemias and other cancers

Thursday, June 15, 2017 - 12:52 in Biology & Nature

Researchers studying a DNA-cutting enzyme with a crucial role in regulating the structure of genes have discovered a broad role for its cutting activity in driving abnormal genetic rearrangements called translocations that cause cancer, including leukemias and solid tumors.

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