Protein's essential role in repairing damaged cells revealed
Wednesday, January 7, 2009 - 10:28
in Biology & Nature
University of Michigan researchers have discovered that a key protein in cells plays a critical role in not one, but two processes affecting the development of cancer. 'Most proteins involved in responding to DNA damage that can cause cancer either help detect the damage and warn the rest of the cell, or help repair the damage,' says David O. Ferguson, M.D., Ph.D., the study's lead author...