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Effect of dietary intervention on human micronucleus frequency in lymphocytes and buccal cells
16 Dec 2010
Abstract excerpt
Successful maintenance of accurate DNA replication and repair is critical to human health. Once this homeostatic balance is impaired, genomic instability events occur, compromising the integrity of the genome, which may initiate fundamental events leading to human diseases. Biomarkers of DNA damage, such as the micronucleus (MN) index, are elevated both in developmental and degenerative diseases and have been...
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