NTU Singapore and Oxford study discover new process for cells to repair DNA damage (IMAGE)

Nanyang Technological University

NTU Singapore and Oxford study discover new process for cells to repair DNA damage

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DNA (in blue) and the nuclear envelope (in green) found in the nuclei of cancer cells are attacked by the lysosomes (in red) after exposure to chemotherapy drugs as part of the nucleophagy-orchestrated DNA repair process.

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