It’s getting to be a full list of UNM Fulbright recipients. The latest honors from the Fulbright U.S. Student Program goes to UNM senior Charlotte Gates and UNM master’s student Lauren-Martin Alasandagutti. Both incredible Lobos will be traveling.
Researchers investigate how oxygen radicals protect against cancer
Originally, oxygen radicals - reactive oxygen species, or ROS for short - were considered to be exclusively harmful in the body.
They are produced, for example, by smoking or UV radiation. Because of their high reactivity, they can damage many important molecules in cells, including the hereditary molecule DNA. As a result, there is a risk of inflammatory reactions and the degeneration of affected cells into cancer cells.
Because of their damaging effect, however, ROS are also deliberately produced by the body, for example by immune or lung epithelial cells, which destroy invading bacteria and viruses with ROS. This requires relatively high ROS concentrations.
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