Scientists identify novel autoimmune driver behind DNA repair breakdown in childhood cancer

The Medical News ·
Health & Medicine United Kingdom

Researchers have found the first evidence for a previously unsuspected cause of pediatric cancer. They showed that children with such cancers were more likely than their healthy peers to produce ‘auto-antibodies’ targeting six proteins necessary for normal DNA repair. Likewise, they showed that young adults with cancer had greater amounts of these circulating antibodies already years before…

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