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Published online 2 March 2004 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news040301-3
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DNA-boosted sunscreen may fight cancer
Therapy fools cells into protecting themselves from sun.
Slapping on sun-cream containing DNA fragments might cut the risk of skin cancer, suggest US researchers, after showing that the treatment works for mice.
The fragments are thought to trick skin cells into thinking that sunlight has damaged their DNA.
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