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DNA repair team form biotech spin out

Cell biologists at Cambridge University have received £6 million venture capital to form a spin-out company that will focus on methods for repairing damaged DNA in cancer patients, it was announced on 25 August.

The company, MISSION Therapeutics, will attempt to develop the results of Stephen Jackson’s team at the Gurdon Institute, University of Cambridge. Their research on the ubiquitin enzyme pathways that control cellular responses to DNA damage has been funded by Cancer Research UK.

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