New DNA repair mechanism identified
/Novel DNA repair mechanism preserves genome integrity
"I'm just astounded," said Cortez, Ingram Professor of Cancer Research and professor of Biochemistry. The investigators, led by postdoctoral fellow Kareem Mohni, Ph.D., have discovered a new DNA repair mechanism.
"DNA repair is a very mature field. The Nobel Prize was given a few years ago to three scientists who studied DNA repair in the 1970s and 80s," Cortez said.
"People are still very interested in DNA repair, and there are important questions that we're asking, but the idea of finding a whole new repair mechanism … nobody would have thought this is possible."
