Understanding DNA repair – 2015 Nobel prize in chemistry

By Matthew Gunther2015-10-08T00:00:00

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Recipients discovered how cells can patch up damaged DNA

The 2015 Nobel prize in chemistry has been awarded to Tomas Lindahl, Paul Modrich and Aziz Sancar for unravelling how cells repair damaged DNA. The work has been instrumental in developing our understanding of how cancers and other hereditary diseases develop.

Matthew Gunther considers the long road the laureates have travelled to reach this point.

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