hSSB2 appears to be dispensable for DNA replication and cell cycle progression under normal conditions, but it has important DNA repair functions under stress, and may thus be implicated as a useful target for cancer therapy (Adams et al., 2023; Boucher et al., 2015, 2021; Li et al., 2009; Par et al., 2021; Skaar et al., 2009; Zhang et al., 2009). The gene discussed is NABP1; the disease is cancer.