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Revolutionizing DNA repair research and cancer therapy with CRISPR–Cas screens

Awwad SW, Serrano-Benitez A, Thomas JC, Gupta V and Jackson SP.

Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology 24, 477–494

All organisms possess molecular mechanisms that govern DNA repair and associated DNA damage response (DDR) processes. Owing to their relevance to human disease, most notably cancer, these mechanisms have been studied extensively, yet new DNA repair and/or DDR factors and functional interactions between them are still being uncovered. The emergence of CRISPR technologies and CRISPR-based genetic screens has enabled genome-scale analyses of gene-gene and gene-drug interactions, thereby providing new insights into cellular processes in distinct DDR-deficiency genetic backgrounds and conditions.

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Kate Dry