Showing posts with label RNA. Show all posts
Showing posts with label RNA. Show all posts

Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Cisplatin anti-cancer drug binds pervasively to RNA....

In continuation of my update on Cisplatin.....

An anti-cancer drug used extensively in chemotherapy binds pervasively to RNA -- up to 20-fold more than it does to DNA, a surprise finding that suggests new targeting approaches might be useful, according to University of Oregon researchers, lead by Victoria J. DeRose

Ref : http://uonews.uoregon.edu/archive/news-release/2011/11/cancer-drug-cisplatin-found-bind-glue-cellular-rna