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Key role identified for enzymes in DNA replication and sensitivity to chemotherapeutic drugs

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Stracker
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Catalunya Press, Revista Genética, among other national and international media, have published articles about a study co-led by Travis H. Stracker, head of the Genomic Instability and Cancer Lab, which has identified a key role for enzymes in DNA replication and sensitivity to chemotherapeutic drugs.

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