22 julio 2015
In studying how cells recycle the building blocks of DNA, scientists have discovered a potential therapeutic strategy for cancer. They found that normal cells have highly selective mechanisms to ensure that nucleosides — the chemical blocks used to make new strands of DNA — don’t carry extra, unwanted chemical changes. But the scientists also found that some types of cancer cells aren’t so selective. These cells incorporate chemically modified nucleosides into their DNA, which is toxic to them. The findings indicate that it might be possible to use modified nucleotides for specific killing of cancer cells.img src=»http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sciencedaily/~4/J1vyK1_Clfw» height=»1″ width=»1″ alt=»»/
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