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Textbooks need to be rewritten: RNA, not DNA, is the main cause of acute sunburn - Textbooks say that sunburn damages DNA, leading to cell death and inflammation. But study found in mice and human skin cells that this is a result of damage to RNA, not DNA, that causes the acute effects of sunburn.
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Textbooks need to be rewritten: RNA, not DNA, is the main cause of acute sunburn

Sunburn has traditionally been attributed to UV-induced DNA damage. However, a new study by the University of Copenhagen and Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, reveals that RNA, another vital cellular molecule, plays a major role in triggering a...

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