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Nitika Taneja shows how cells can protect newly copied DNA when the copying process is under stress: it protects itself by stabilizing into loops. This protective organization may also help explain how tumor cells tolerate stress caused by chemotherapy. ‘When DNA is under stress, it doesn’t just get repaired, it hides inside protective loops.’

Nitika Taneja is working on a technique to better visualize the DNA of tumor cells. Through this work, she hopes to contribute to improved treatment options from the laboratory for people with cancer. ‘Sometimes half of the patients do not respond to a treatment.’

Within 2.5 years, Erasmus MC clinical geneticist Stefan Barakat and his team reached a potential treatment and diagnosis for a previously unknown syndrome. They describe their discovery in Acta Neuropathologica. ‘Everything came together in this one study.’

Two researchers of the Epidemiology Department of Erasmus MC, Mohsen Ghanbari and Daniel Bos, recently received grants for their research on Alzheimer’s disease.

At what age a woman reaches the menopause is partially decided by genetics. Especially genes for maintenance and repair of DNA are of importance. This has been shown by research involving scientists from Rotterdam.