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Skin cream tackles skin cancers in mice

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Compound acts by rejuvenating ?the guardian of the genome?.

A skin cream that can hyperactivate the body's natural DNA repair mechanisms has been shown to protect mice from skin cancer, and to reduce the growth of cancers already present. If the compound does the same for humans, it could one day be added to sunscreen as a cancer-fighting ingredient.

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