Cancer drug cisplatin found to bind like glue in cellular RNA

Monday, November 21, 2011 - 18:30 in Biology & Nature

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.

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