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Abnormal antibodies that disrupt DNA repair could explain childhood cancer
A team of scientists in Norway has found evidence for a new mechanism for the development of cancer in children: They seem to produce an unusual amount of aberrant antibodies against the building blocks that make up the DNA repair…
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A Norwegian research team has identified a potential new mechanism underlying childhood cancer. Their study shows that affected children generate unusually high levels of aberrant antibodies targeting the DNA repair machinery, a diverse collection of hundreds of proteins responsible for detecting and correcting genomic damage.
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