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Patrick Sullivan

Chemotherapy can make healthy blood cells 'look old,' study suggests

An illustration of a DNA strand with a futuristic digital design overlaid on a background of red blood cells.

Some chemotherapy drugs cause more damage to healthy cells than other chemo options do, a new study finds.

The researchers have found four new mutational signatures — patterns of DNA damage left by certain classes of drug — linked to chemotherapy. They also pinpointed some medications that can even "artificially age" healthy blood cells via these mutations.

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