An enzyme that fixes broken DNA sometimes destroys it instead

An enzyme that fixes broken DNA sometimes destroys it instead. Medicalxpress. November 26, 2014

"Recent work has also implicated these hybrids in neurodegenerative diseases, including Fragile X syndrome, Friedreich's ataxia and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis type 4," said Julie Sollier, PhD, the lead author of the paper and a postdoctoral researcher. "We would like to explore the potential role of the endonucleases we identified in these diseases as well."