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Bowhead whale’s secret to long life revealed: precision DNA repair may hold clues for human aging

Researchers discovered that bowhead whales achieve extraordinary longevity and cancer resistance through highly efficient and ...
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Bowhead Whale’s DNA Repair Secret Could Boost Human Lifespan

Is the key to living over 200 hidden in the icy sea of the Arctic? The bowhead whale, an 80,000-kilogram insulating blubber ...

Tying protein to fraying DNA solves mystery of illness for patients around the world

New research from the University of Wisconsin–Madison reveals that dysfunction in a protein essential to maintaining ...
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New Discovery Reveals How Cancer Cells Repair DNA Without BRCA2 (IMAGE)

Researchers found that losing a second protein, FIGNL1, allows cancer cells missing BRCA2 to restore DNA repair by reloading ...