Thursday, 1 November 2012

Single-DNA images give clues to breast cancer

For the first time, researchers at the University of California, Davis, have watched single strands of DNA being prepped for repair. The research, published this week in the journal Nature, has implications for understanding the origins of breast cancer. Read more here.

Study mentioned: Bell JC, et al. Direct imaging of RecA nucleation and growth on single molecules of SSB-coated ssDNA. Nature. 2012 Oct 24. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 23103864

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