UNC scientists discover surprise anticancer properties of common lab molecule

Posted Apr 21, 2023
The UNC School of Medicine lab of Nobel Prize-winning scientist Dr. Aziz Sancar has made the discovery that a molecule called EdU, which is commonly used in lab experiments to label DNA, is in fact recognized by human cells as DNA damage, triggering a runaway process of DNA repair that is eventually fatal to affected cells, including cancer cells. (UNC.edu)

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