TECHNOLOGY
KEY TERMS DNA repair mechanism, cancer research KEY PERSONS Juha Rantala, Thanos Halazonetis KEY MESSAGE A finding on a DNA repair mechanism, published in December 2013, has not been described before in either human or mammal animal cells. VTT CONTACT Eero Punkka MORE INFORMATION www.vtt.fi
Cell screening leads to new cancer
treatments Why do cancer cells sustain DNA damage? Why do cancer cells, unlike normal cells, fail to die as a result of DNA damage? Cancer researchers’ concern in finding the mechanism was ended by its discovery through a microchip method developed by Juha Rantala. Text Paula Bergqvist Photos Jussi Vierimaa
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