An existing drug may one day protect premenopausal women from life-altering infertility that commonly follows cancer treatments, according to a new study. Women who are treated for cancer with radiation or certain chemotherapy drugs are commonly rendered sterile. According to a 2006 study from Weill Cornell Medicine, nearly 40 percent of all female breast cancer survivors...
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Unraveling the mystery of DNA attacks in cells’ powerhouse could pave way for new cancer treatments
The energy generators in cells, mitochondria, have their own genetic material (green circles) which is maintained by a repair toolkit (red circle) unraveled in this study. New research has unravelled the mystery of how mitochondria—the energy generators within cells—can withstand attacks on their DNA from rogue molecules. The findings could pave the way for...