FEFU scientists teamed up with colleagues to develop ointment for skin cancer prevention

(Far Eastern Federal University) Scientists from Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU), V.I. Vernadsky Crimean Federal University, Dmitry Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology, and Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (FEB RAS), assumed the risks of primary skin cancer and its recurrences can be significantly reduced by applying the ointment with antisense oligonucleotides which are short DNA, RNA fragments used in oncology to suppress the synthesis of tumor proteins. A related review was published in Molecules.
Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news