Discovery of DIAL syndrome links faulty DNA repair to childhood cancer risk and chemo sensitivity

OPACC
Aug 19
1 min read

A new hereditary condition has been discovered that affects patients' ability to repair DNA—leaving them both at greater risk of developing blood cancer, and unable to repair some of the damage caused by chemotherapy treatments.

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