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Xeroderma pigmentosum is a severe, genetically linked skin cancer in which dna repair mechanisms are impaired. why would sufferers of this condition need to stay out of the sun?
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Xeroderma pigmentosum is a severe, genetically linked skin cancer in which dna repair mechanisms are impaired. why would sufferers of this condition need to stay out of the sun?
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to not get skin cancer ! lol
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