DNA repair

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Health scientists have exposed facts showing that the chemotherapy drug have the capability to destroy heart tissue while causing much damage to the human DNA. Throughout years, the chemotherapy drug Doxorubicin has been an effective agent which is used with other drugs combining together for treating the various cancers like breast cancer, lung cancer, ovarian cancer and bladder cancer. Other health complications like leukemia and lymphoma have also been treated with this drug. However, medical specialists have underlined that that the use of the Doxorubicin drug is limited by its cardiotoxicity. Hence, certain patients have already undergone heart failures due to this drug. It is crucial to note that the drug Doxorubicin consists of topoisomerase2 which is an enzyme that controls the unwinding of DNA which is necessary for cell division. As a matter of fact, medical experts have explained that Doxorubicin has as aim to destroy cancer cells by binding to the topoisomerase as well as to the DNA...