Inactivation of several DNA repair genes involved in various DNA repair pathways such as base excision repair (BER), nucleotide excision repair (NER), DNA mismatch repair (MMR), MMEJ, Fanconi anaemia (FA), ataxia-tengiectasia mutated (ATM), and the ATM and Rad3-related (ATR) may be implicated in HPV-induced cervical cancer. The gene discussed is ATM; the disease is Friedreich ataxia.