Researchers clock DNA's recovery time after chemotherapy

(American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology) A team of researchers led by Nobel laureate Aziz Sancar found that DNA damaged by the widely used chemotherapy drug cisplatin is mostly good as new in noncancerous tissue within two circadian cycles, or two days. The results published in the Journal of Biological Chemistry could inform the development of chronochemotherapies -- strategies aimed at administering chemotherapy drugs at times that maximize tumor damage while minimizing side effects.
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