Sentences with phrase «fix damaged proteins»
As it turns out, the body has built - in self - repair mechanisms that fix damaged proteins, repair DNA, correct hormonal imbalances, and gobble up cancer cells, infectious agents, and foreign bodies that our bodies are exposed to every day.
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Normally the actin cortex is able to counter the forces applied to it, and even when some damage to the network is incurred, it is quickly fixed by proteins that can reassemble the actin filaments.
Although its raison d'être remains elusive, the gene appears to play an important role in DNA repair: Mice lacking the protein Brca1 have trouble fixing DNA damage induced by radiation, for instance, and the protein clumps in the nucleus at sites where DNA is broken.