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All our cells contain DNA, which contains the cell's instructions in the form of genes. But our DNA is continually being damaged by the processes that go on within cells, and by things such as ultraviolet radiation from the sun or the chemicals in tobacco smoke.
Most of the time this damage is effectively repaired. But over time, mistakes (mutations) build up in our DNA. If these mistakes occur in important genes involved in cell growth, then the cell can start to multiply out of control, leading to cancer.
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Latest DNA damage and repair news from Cancer Research UK
- Press Release: First evidence of new 'druggable' DNA repair target to destroy cancer cells
7 November 2011 - News story: Cancer Research UK's Simon Boulton wins EMBO Gold Medal
19 April 2011 - Press Release: Scientists uncover protective role of BRCA2's 'protein partner'
10 October 2010 - Press Release: New discovery to boost radiotherapy effectiveness
6 April 2010 - Press Release: Ignition switch key to chemotherapy reversal
15 February 2010 - Press Release: Limpet-like proteins provide secret to DNA repair
16 December 2009 - Press Release: Yeast 'DNA damage sensor' provides chemotherapy resistance clue
11 June 2009 - News story: UVB more damaging to skin than UVA
7 July 2008 - Press Release: DNA repair runs by the biological clock
25 March 2007 - Press Release: Cauliflower and broccoli boost cancer protection
7 February 2006
- Press Release: Missing DNA 'mechanic' key driver in lymphomas
17 May 2011 - Press Release: Cancer Research Technology, The ICR and ZoBio BV sign deal to develop cancer drugs
10 March 2011 - Press Release: Gene study backs promise of breast cancer drugs to treat hereditary prostate cancer
24 June 2010 - Press Release: Exploiting cancer's 'double agent' could lead to new treatments for bowel cancer
15 March 2010 - News story: Scientists complete "groundbreaking" analyses of lung cancer and melanoma genomes
17 December 2009 - Press Release: Experimental drug may work in many cancers
6 October 2009 - Press Release: CRT, Newcastle University and KuDOS advance DNA-PK research with a new licence
15 May 2009 - Press Release: Brain tumour gene link found
21 February 2008 - Press Release: Cancer Research UK scientist receives prestigious international prize for medicine.
16 January 2007 - Press Release: DNA repair mystery solved
26 January 2006
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