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Critical protein prevents DNA damage

A protein long known to be involved in protecting cells from genetic damage has been found to play an even more important role in protecting the cell’s offspring. New research by a team of researchers at Rockefeller University, Howard Hughes Medical Institute and the National Cancer Institute shows that the protein, known as ATM, is not only vital for helping repair double-stranded breaks in DNA of immune cells, but is also part of a system that prevents genetic damage from being passed on when the cells divide……..

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    Critical protein prevents DNA damage

    A protein long known to be involved in protecting cells from genetic damage has been found to play an even more important role in protecting the cell’s offspring. New research by a team of researchers at Rockefeller University, Howard Hughes Medical Institute and the National Cancer Institute shows that the protein, known as ATM, is not only vital for helping repair double-stranded breaks in DNA of immune cells, but is also part of a system that prevents genetic damage from being passed on when the cells divide……..

    Original post by Health news from medicineworld.org

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  • Protein May Increase Chances of Pregnancy
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