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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 machinery, a diverse set of hundreds of proteins that identify and correct damage or errors in the genome.

Abnormal antibodies that disrupt DNA repair could explain childhood cancer

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