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Researchers from Western University have discovered a protein that has the never-before-seen ability to stop DNA damage in its tracks. The finding could provide the foundation for developing everything from vaccines against cancer, to crops that can withstand the increasingly harsh growing conditions brought on by climate change.

The researchers found the protein—called DdrC (for DNA Damage Repair Protein C)—in a fairly common bacterium called Deinococcus radiodurans (D. radiodurans), which has the decidedly uncommon ability to survive conditions that damage DNA—for example, 5,000 to 10,000 times the radiation that would kill a regular human cell. Lead researcher Robert Szabla says Deinococcus also excels in repairing DNA that has already been damaged.

"It's as if you had a player in the NFL who plays every game without a helmet or pads," says Szabla, a grad student in Western's Department of Biochemistry. "He'd end up with a concussion and multiple broken bones every single game, but then miraculously make a full recovery overnight in time for practice the next day." He and his colleagues discovered that DdrC is a key player in this repair process.

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Typically, says Szabla, proteins form complicated networks that enable them to carry out a function. DdrC appears to be something of an outlier, in that it performs its function all on its own, without the need for other proteins. The team was curious whether the protein might function as a "plug-in" for other DNA repair systems.

#PoliticoCD. | Sud-Kivu : Théo Ngwabidje a échangé avec la Banque Mondiale sur le projet d’appui à l’initiative DDR-C et stabilisation de l’Est de la RDC

– Publicité- En mission à Bukavu au Sud-Kivu, une délégation de la Banque mondiale a échangé avec le Gouverneur de la province du Sud-Kivu, le samedi 13 février 2021, à sa résidence située à Nyofu en commune d’Ibanda. Selon la cellule de communication du Gouverneur, ces échanges ont tourné sur le projet d’appui à l’initiative de Désarmement, Démobilisation et Réinsertion des ex-Combattants…

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