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The research lines in this department deal with the study of DNA and the effects of its exposure to multiple physical and chemical agents on cell death, mutations and genetic reordering, which becomes evident in view of the number of syndromes and hereditary diseases that often result in cancer or ageing. The department of molecular biology, managed by Prof. Andres Aguilera Lopez, is responsible for the study of mechanisms and factors responsible for the integrity of the genome, its implication in cellular differentiation and the propensity in the creation of tumours and its role in the cell cycle and cellular division.

Within this department are the following research groups: