New Discovery of Enzyme Could Lead to New Treatments?

Researchers have announced that they have discovered an enzyme that is responsible for repairing single damaged DNA strands through cell division. Experts hope that one day this could lead to new treatments of illnesses such as cancer and Parkinson’s disease.

 As we grow and get older, our cells multiply, a cell must divide into new cells, creating what are called “daughter cells.” Overtime, these new cells genome are exposed and are often at risk of exposure to diseases or defects. The body has a way to defend against most of these mutations. The researchers from the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston have now figured out how the process works. Using this data, researchers can look into the repair process and this becomes crucial for future medicines that may help treat diseases that we are all affected by. This shows the enormous progress that medical researchers have made and how much closer we are to solving the world’s worst diseases. 

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