Il premio Nobel è stato assegnato allo svedese Tomas Lindahl, all’americano Paul Modrich e al turco Aziz Sancar per fundamental and groundbreaking discoveries on the enzymatic mechanisms of DNA repair. Lindahl demonstrated that DNA is an inherently unstable molecule, subject to decay even under physiological conditions. Guided by thia observation, Lindahl identified a completely new group of DNA glycosylases… Continua a leggere Chimica 2015