A new mechanism of toxicity of a group of carcinogenic compounds derived from diet and environment has been revealed
IBioBA (CONICET – Max Planck Partner) researcher Lucas Pontel and his team have just published a paper in Nature Communications describing a new mechanism of damage caused by a group of carcinogenic compounds known as aldehydes. They identified that formaldehyde attacks the antioxidant defenses of cells, and described the factors that prevent this damage. This…
