Celebrating DNA’s Repair Crew

This year, the Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to Tomas Lindahl, Aziz Sancar, and Paul Modrich for their seminal studies of the mechanisms by which cells from bacteria to man repair DNA damage that is generated by normal cellular metabolism and stress from the environment. These studies be...

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Published in:Cell 2015-12, Vol.163 (6), p.1301-1303
Main Author: Kunkel, Thomas A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bacteria - metabolism
Chemistry - history
DNA - chemistry
DNA Damage
DNA Repair
Eukaryota - metabolism
History, 21st Century
Humans
Lindahl
Modrich
Nobel Prize
Sancar
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Summary:This year, the Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to Tomas Lindahl, Aziz Sancar, and Paul Modrich for their seminal studies of the mechanisms by which cells from bacteria to man repair DNA damage that is generated by normal cellular metabolism and stress from the environment. These studies beautifully illustrate the remarkable power of DNA repair to influence life from evolution through disease susceptibility. This year, the Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to Tomas Lindahl, Aziz Sancar, and Paul Modrich for their seminal studies of the mechanisms by which cells from bacteria to man repair DNA damage that is generated by normal cellular metabolism and stress from the environment. These studies beautifully illustrate the remarkable power of DNA repair to influence life from evolution through disease susceptibility.
ISSN:0092-8674
1097-4172
DOI:10.1016/j.cell.2015.11.028