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Neuroscientist, biologist and 2021 Nobel Prize winner Ardem Patapoutian joined Midday Edition to talk about how the Trump administration's effort to cut back on science spending is impacting researche...

Nature - Ku limits RNA-induced innate immunity to allow Alu-expansion in primates

Ku70 and Ku80 form Ku, a ring-shaped protein that initiates the non-homologous end-joining (NHEJ) DNA repair pathway.[1][1] Specifically, Ku binds to double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) ends and recruits othe...