Friday, October 9, 2015

HOW DNA SURVIVES

Linda at San Simeon
The latest Nobel Prize for chemistry has gone to three guys who  made fundamental contributions to the biology of DNA – specifically, how it manages to survive in the real world.  As diligent readers of this blog you already know that a considerable amount of energy is being and has been expended in figuring out how to inhibit DNA repair (and thus hasten death) in cancer cells.  Well, these three lucky, diligent and super-smart gentlemen have helped lay the foundation for this research.  Here I a short, readable NY Times article on the subject.  Read it.
 God bless these guys, and I hope they enjoy their $320,000.
 
 


1 comment:

  1. More on the subject of DNA repair. Clear, easy, and fun:

    http://www.economist.com/news/science-and-technology/21672049-years-nobels-go-inventors-two-anti-parasite-drugs-discoverers

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