sexta-feira, 17 de junho de 2011

Stressed-DNA repair protein identified

Vera Gorbunova and Andrei Seluanov of the University of Rochester have found that human cells undergoing oxidative stress caused by environmental chemicals or routine cellular processes produce a protein (SIRT6) that stimulates cells to repair DNA double-strand breaks, thought to be associated with premature aging and cancer. (...). Know more at http://goo.gl/OXIU6.

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