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Cancer’s Rogue DNA Has an Achilles’ Heel – and Scientists Just Found It


Researchers found that blocking a key DNA repair protein destabilizes rogue DNA circles that help drive aggressive cancers, exposing a potential weakness in tumors that rely on ecDNA.

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