Overview: The First International Congress on DNA Damage and Repair was held in Rome, Italy, July 12-17, 1987. It was organized by the Italian Com- mission for Nuclear Alternative Energy Sources. The subject of DNA damage and repair involves almost all the fields ofbidogical sciences. Some of the more prominent ones include carcino- genesis, photobiology, radiation biology, aging, enzymology, genetics, and molecular biology. These individual fields have their own interna- tional meetings and although the meetings often have sessions devoted to DNA repair, they do not bring together a wide dive
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