Less effective DNA repair process takes over as mice age
Process may explain why damaged DNA contributes to cancer and other age-related illnesses
11-Sep-2014 -
As we and other vertebrates age, our DNA accumulates mutations and becomes rearranged, which may result in a variety of age-related illnesses, including cancers. Biologists Vera Gorbunova and Andei Seluanov have now discovered one reason for the increasing DNA damage: the primary repair process ...
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