Biomaterial Database

Errol Friedberg: A life in writing. 2023

Richard D Wood, and Graham C Walker

Department of Epigenetics and Molecular Carcinogenesis, The University of Texas MD Anderson Center, Houston, TX, USA. Electronic address: rwood@mdanderson.org.

Errol Clive Friedberg, who died at the end of March 2023, was the first Editor-in-Chief of the journal DNA Repair. He was an influential DNA repair scientist, a synthesizer of ideas, and an accomplished historian. In addition to the research accomplishments of his laboratory groups, Errol Friedberg provided enormous service to the DNA repair community though organizing major conferences, journal editing, and writing. His many books include texts about DNA repair, histories of the field, and biographies of several pioneers of molecular biology.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008967	Molecular Biology	A discipline concerned with studying biological phenomena in terms of the chemical and physical interactions of molecules.	Biochemical Genetics,Biology, Molecular,Genetics, Biochemical,Genetics, Molecular,Molecular Genetics,Biochemical Genetic,Genetic, Biochemical,Genetic, Molecular,Molecular Genetic
D004260	DNA Repair	The removal of DNA LESIONS and/or restoration of intact DNA strands without BASE PAIR MISMATCHES, intrastrand or interstrand crosslinks, or discontinuities in the DNA sugar-phosphate backbones.	DNA Damage Response
D014956	Writing	The act or practice of literary composition, the occupation of writer, or producing or engaging in literary work as a profession.
D049673	History, 20th Century	Time period from 1901 through 2000 of the common era.	20th Century History,20th Cent. History (Medicine),20th Cent. History of Medicine,20th Cent. Medicine,Historical Events, 20th Century,History of Medicine, 20th Cent.,History, Twentieth Century,Medical History, 20th Cent.,Medicine, 20th Cent.,20th Cent. Histories (Medicine),20th Century Histories,Cent. Histories, 20th (Medicine),Cent. History, 20th (Medicine),Century Histories, 20th,Century Histories, Twentieth,Century History, 20th,Century History, Twentieth,Histories, 20th Cent. (Medicine),Histories, 20th Century,Histories, Twentieth Century,History, 20th Cent. (Medicine),Twentieth Century Histories,Twentieth Century History