Cells Repair Dna Damage

Danish researchers have discovered a previously unknown function in histones responsible for packaging the DNA into structural units that will help improve understanding of how cells protect and repair DNA damage.

Sweden's Tomas Lindahl, Paul Modrich of the US and Turkish-American Aziz Sancar today won the Nobel Chemistry Prize for work on how cells repair damaged DNA, the jury said.

Danish researchers have discovered a previously unknown function in histones responsible for packaging the DNA into structural units that will help improve understanding of how cells protect and repair DNA damage.

Sweden's Tomas Lindahl, Paul Modrich of the US and Turkish-American Aziz Sancar today won the Nobel Chemistry Prize for work on how cells repair damaged DNA, the jury said.