cells

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He had been fighting non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, a cancer that affects that white blood cells that help you fight infection.

From BBC • May 17, 2026

"Cancer therapies often depend on overwhelming tumor cells with DNA damage," Sears said.

From Science Daily • May 17, 2026

The researchers found that cells containing the active, modified form of MYC repaired DNA damage more efficiently and were more likely to survive stressful conditions, including exposure to DNA-damaging treatments.

From Science Daily • May 17, 2026

"If we can interfere with MYC's role in DNA repair -- without shutting down everything MYC does in healthy cells -- we may be able to make cancer cells more vulnerable to treatment."

From Science Daily • May 17, 2026

But where might genes be found within cells?

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee