Africa: Explainer - Mother Nature's Answer to Our DNA's Infidelity and the Discovery of DNA Repair

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Imagine a world in which nothing could go wrong. Completely predictable, without risk and with guaranteed equality for all. This utopia of course does not exist. It's therefore not surprising that even Mother Nature can't maintain complete fidelity in the most intimate element that defines who we are: our DNA.

To compensate for this imperfection, she has developed a system of DNA repair constantly at work in our bodies to make sure our DNA's integrity is maintained.

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