New research for DNA repair process raises new hopes

According to the new research published in journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the researchers have identified new prospects and aspects for developing cancer therapies. Through this research the scientist has a better understanding about the how the cells deal with the salvo of damage. This damage is a big contributor to cancer and other deadly diseases. The DNA repair will help the scientist to search out new paths to repair cell damage. This if clinically proven successful can help millions of people around the world. The senior author of the study Michael Kastan, M.D., PhD, executive director of the Duke Cancer Institute explains, “Our study demonstrates for the first time the functional importance of nucleosome disruption in DNA repair. This nucleosome disruption allows DNA repair proteins to access the DNA lesion and begin the process of mending the breakage. This could give us an opportunity to make current treatments more potent.”