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Researchers from Russia's D.G. Knorre Institute obtained the first experimentally validated 3D model of a protein complex involved in early DNA repair, using crystallization and Brazil's Sirius synchrotron. The structure was previously only computationally predicted.
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Sputnik says iron generates free radicals that damage tumor membranes while normal cells repair the damage using glutathione.
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Sputnik, citing SCMP, reports researchers identified 11,742 viruses in Clarion-Clipperton Zone sediment samples, over 99% new to science.
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Sputnik, citing the Russian Science Foundation, says high sirtuin-3 levels were linked to resistance in lung cancer, ovarian cancer and neuroblastoma cell lines.