Researchers have identified ways in which chemotherapy can damage healthy cells and found that some drugs can add decades of ...

For the first time, scientists have systematically studied the genetic effects of chemotherapy on healthy tissues.

While alkylating agents can be highly effective in disrupting cancer cell growth, these drugs also pose a potential risk. They can harm the cells in bone marrow, which produces red blood cells. In ...

Published today (1 July 2025) in Nature Genetics, the researchers show that many but not all chemotherapy agents cause ...

Chemotherapeutic DNA alkylating agents are common weapons employed to fight both pediatric and adult cancers. In addition to cancerous cells, nontarget tissues are subjected to the cytotoxicity of ...

In fact, reactions of alkylating agents with nucleosomal DNA typically mirror those seen with naked DNA, showing very similar sequence preferences and only modestly (2- to 3-fold) decreased adduct ...

Alkylating agents do this by attaching to the cell’s DNA and stopping the cells from multiplying. The drugs target rapidly dividing cancer cells, slow down cell growth, and kill them in a ...

Alkylating agents damage DNA in cancer cells, but they may also affect bone marrow cells, which can cause leukemia. The risk of developing leukemia is small, but it increases with larger doses of ...

The sensor can detect DNA-alkylating agents, a class that includes cisplatin, and oxidizing agents such as hydrogen peroxide and hydroxyl radicals. Using the sensors, researchers can monitor ...

To design the alkylating agent, chemistry professor Steven E. Rokita and postdoctoral associate Qibing Zhou (now assistant professor of organic chemistry at Virginia Commonwealth University ...

Tucked within its double-helix structure, DNA contains the chemical blueprint that guides all the processes that take place within the cell and are essential for life. Therefore, repairing damage ...

1. Alkylating Agents. These drugs interfere with the DNA inside cells, preventing them from multiplying. DNA is the genetic material in cells that guides their growth and function.