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University of Montreal
Repairing DNA damage: Researchers discover critical process in cancer treatment
November 26th, 2008
From the sun's UVA rays to tobacco smoke, our environment is chock-full of DNA-damaging agents that can lead to cancer. Thanks to our body's DNA repair mechanisms, however, the effects of many carcinogens can be reversed thereby preventing the formation of tumours. Now, according to a new study published in the early online edition of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA (PNAS), scientists from the Universite de Montreal and the Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital Research Centre have identified a new biochemical pathway which controls DNA repair. "Our study is the first to identify a regulatory role for the ATR protein in a specific...
Source: Immunotherapy Weekly (2008-11-26)
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