DNA-damaged cells communicate with neighbors to let them know they're in trouble
Buck Institute research has implications in aging and cancer
15-Jul-2009 -
When cells experiencing DNA damage fail to repair themselves, they send a signal to their neighbors letting them know they're in trouble. The discovery, which shows that a process dubbed the DDR (DNA Damage Response) also controls communication from cell to cell, has implications for both cancer ...
DNA damage
DNA repair
inflammation
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