Ribonucleotide Excision Repair Is Essential to Prevent Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Skin

    August 2018 in “ Cancer research ”
    Björn Hiller, Anja Hoppe, Christa Haase … Axel Roers
    Studysummary In this study, researchers found that selectively disabling ribonucleotide excision repair in mouse epidermis caused DNA damage, skin inflammation, and led to skin cancer, suggesting a potential role for this repair mechanism in tumorigenesis.
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