New hereditary condition impairs DNA repair and raises blood cancer risk
Mihaela Măncilă
University of Birmingham Jun 16 2025 A new hereditary condition has been discovered that affects patients' ability to repair DNA – leaving them both at greater risk of developing blood cancer, and unable to repair some of the damage caused by chemotherapy treatments. In a paper published in Nature Communications, an international team of researchers led by cancer genetics experts at the University of Birmingham and funded by Cancer Research UK have found a new disease they call DIAL syndrome.
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