Scientists from Israel and the United States have uncovered how cigarette smoke damages DNA, shedding light on the mechanisms that lead to smoking-related cancers. Their research, published in Nucleic ...

“In this study, we investigated the interplay between cigarette smoke, DNA damage and repair, focusing on the Nucleotide Excision Repair (NER) protein Xeroderma Pigmentosum Group C (XPC).” “In this ...

In everyday life, our genetic material is constantly under attack from many factors. Environmental influences such as light, along with internal processes like inflammation, can generate oxidative ...