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<h2><font size="3px"> '''Coordinator:''' [[Carlos Frederico Martins Menck|Carlos Frederico Martins Menck</font>]] </h2> | <h2><font size="3px"> '''Coordinator:''' [[Carlos Frederico Martins Menck|Carlos Frederico Martins Menck</font>]] </h2> | ||
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+ | The DNA repair group is part of the [http://icb.usp.br/~bmm/ Department of Microbiology] and the [http://www.icb.usp.br/ Institute of Biomedical Sciences], located in the [http://www.usp.br University of São Paulo - USP], Brazil. | ||
+ | We are a research group interested in the field of DNA damaged repair and their biological implications, such as cell death and mutagenesis. DNA lesions are constantly introduced by environmental agents (ie. pollution and even sunlight), genotoxic chemical products or also byproducts of the cellular metabolism, contributing to cancer formation and aging in human beings. To keep genetic information intact is essential to species survival, and thus, DNA repair processes are highly relevant mechanisms, evolutionarily conserved in all living organisms, from bacteria to human beings. | ||
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This group develops work on graduation and research in the field of DNA damaged repair and their biological implications, such as cell death and mutagenesis. The lesions in the genetic material may be introduced by environmental agents (as those from pollution and even sunlight), genotoxic chemical products or also byproducts of the cellular metabolism, and they may be the main causes for, in humans, cancer formation or aging. Thus, these DNA repair processes have been highly relevant during evolution and are found in all living organisms, from bacteria to humans. | This group develops work on graduation and research in the field of DNA damaged repair and their biological implications, such as cell death and mutagenesis. The lesions in the genetic material may be introduced by environmental agents (as those from pollution and even sunlight), genotoxic chemical products or also byproducts of the cellular metabolism, and they may be the main causes for, in humans, cancer formation or aging. Thus, these DNA repair processes have been highly relevant during evolution and are found in all living organisms, from bacteria to humans. | ||
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