Unexpected Discovery of Abnormal Antibodies Could Help Explain Childhood Cancer
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Laboratory experiments show that antibodies associated with childhood cancer can enter cells and bind DNA repair proteins, suggesting a possible route by which the immune system could weaken genetic safeguards. Years before some children were diagnosed with cancer, their blood already contained antibodies directed against proteins that normally repair damaged DNA. Researchers in Norway have [...]
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