# What happens when your DNA is damaged?

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED-Ed
- Speaker: Monica Menesini
- Year: 2015
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Biology, Medicine and health, Teaching and learning
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/monica_menesini_what_happens_when_your_dna_is_damaged)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

The DNA in just one of your cells gets damaged tens of thousands of times per day. Because DNA provides the blueprint for the proteins your cells need to function, this damage can cause serious issues— including cancer. Fortunately, your cells have ways of fixing most of these problems, most of the time. Monica Menesini details the processes of DNA damage and repair. \[Directed by Megan Willoughby, narrated by Addison Anderson\].

## Lectures

1. [What happens when your DNA is damaged?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/monica_menesini_what_happens_when_your_dna_is_damaged/224a4bc748e4), 5 min (TED's player)