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SKI Scientists Determine Structure of a DNA Damage 'First Responder'
The results of this collaborative project overturn some conventional wisdom about how the DNA repair process works.
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At Work: Molecular Biologist Dirk Remus
Molecular biologist Dirk Remus studies how cells normally copy their DNA to better understand how the process goes wrong in cancer.