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Aziz Sancar

b. 1946

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Aziz Sancar is a Turkish-American biochemist and molecular biologist who won the 2015 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on DNA repair mechanisms, particularly nucleotide excision repair. Born in Savur, Turkey, he overcame limited resources to earn his MD and PhD, and has since dedicated his career to understanding how cells fix UV-induced DNA damage. He is a professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a member of the National Academy of Sciences.

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Mechanism of Nucleotide Excision Repair in E. coli
The Role of XPA in DNA Damage Recognition
Photolyase and Cryptochrome: Blue-Light Photoreceptors
Circadian Clock Control of DNA Repair
Aziz Sancar: A Life in Science

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