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Scientists discover an RNA that repairs DNA damage

by Jerry2 on 3/9/25, 9:02 PM with 29 comments

  • by tombert on 3/9/25, 10:19 PM

    This seems cool, and it would be great if this does cool stuff like cure or prevent some forms of cancer, but I've kind of learned to not get my hopes up with medical news.

    It's felt like a cure for cancer is "just around the corner" for at least the last ~20 years, and I'm sure that cancer therapy has absolutely improved a lot in the last 20 years, but we're very far from what a lot of science journalism articles have promised us.

  • by dakial1 on 3/9/25, 10:28 PM

    It potentially could be used to stop ageing no? Isn't it mostly caused by accumulation of cell damage?

  • by westurner on 3/13/25, 12:06 AM

    ScholarlyArticle: "NEAT1 promotes genome stability via m6A methylation-dependent regulation of CHD4" (2025) https://genesdev.cshlp.org/content/38/17-20/915