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Discovering the first steps in transcription-coupled repair

...ents with Cockayne Syndrome (CS) versus those with xeroderma pigmentosum (XP), two different hereditary disease...PB and XPD, the other two proteins associated with xeroderma pigmentosum that can cause Cockayne Syndrome when defective (in addition to XPG), are essential comp...

Enzyme crystal structure reveals 'unexpected' genome repair functions

...ntified as the gene responsible for NER defects in xeroderma pigmentosum patients, who are hypersensitive to light and have a dramatically increased risk of skin cancer," says John A. Tainer, a professor at Scripps Research and its Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology who led the study. "This reflects the fac...

Heal thyself: Systems biology model reveals how cells avoid becoming cancerous

...ibly treat inherited degenerative diseases such as xeroderma pigmentosum, a disease in which the body's ability to repair DNA damage caused by ultraviolet light is disabled, ataxia telangiectasia, a progressive, neurodegenerative childhood disease, Werner syndrome, a premature aging disorder, and others. "DNA...

Buildup of damaged DNA in cells drives aging

...echanism, nucleotide excision repair (NER), causes xeroderma pigmentosum, a rare disease in which people have a...PF, because mutations in this gene typically cause xeroderma pigmentosum, which is a disease characterized primarily by skin and other cancers rather than accele...
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Xeroderma pigmentosum

... gene leads to one form of the disease syndrome xeroderma pigmentosum . Homologs of the XPF protein are pr...re one group of causes of the DNA repair defect xeroderma pigmentosum (an autosomal recessive disease). See also ... Full article >>>...

Pigment

...re one group of causes of the DNA repair defect xeroderma pigment osum (an autosomal recessive disease). See also ... Full article >>> Retinitis pigment osa -- group of hereditary ocular disorders with progressive retina l degeneration. Autosomal dominant , autosomal recessive , a...
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Skin Cancer Risk Increases With Ultraviolet-B Radiation Exposure

...d skin cells. Patients who have a condition called xeroderma pigmentosum are unable to repair these broken strands and hence are at increased risk of developing skin cancer. Li-E Wang, M.D., and Qingyi Wei, M.D., Ph.D., of the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, and colleagues measured...
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Xeroderma Pigmentosum

...a very early age. Full article >>> xeroderma pigmentosum A genetic condition characterized b...t make the skin sensitive to the sun, such as xeroderma pigmentosum , albinism , and basal cell nevus syndrome Radiation therapy Medical conditio...

Ulcers

...t make the skin sensitive to the sun, such as xeroderma pigmentosum , albinism , and basal cell nevus syndrome Radiation therapy Medical conditions or drugs that suppress the immune system ... Full article >>> Two procedures—fulguration and resection of ulcers —can...

Neoplasm

...s and other skin abnormalities in patients with xeroderma pigmentosum (XP); product received orphan drug designation for this indication in 1989. Full article >>> Antineoplastic: Acting to prevent, inhibit or halt the development of a neoplasm (a tumor ). An agent with antineoplastic pr...

Enzyme

...#62;>> Enzyme lotion used in treating xeroderma pigmentosum . T900607 A substance that is being studied as a treatment for cancer . It belongs to the family of drugs called tubulin-binding agents. Full article >>> ENZYME : A cellular protein whose shape allows it to hold toget...

Albinism

...t make the skin sensitive to the sun, such as xeroderma pigmentosum , albinism , and basal cell nevus syndrome Radiation therapy Medical conditions or drugs that suppress the immune system Personal history of one or more skin cancer s ... Full article >>> Albinism , a genet...

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