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Agent of War to Anti-Cancer Drug: History Affects Mustard Gas

April 25th, 2008 · 1 Comment ·

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Bari, Italy in 1943 was bombed, hitting a US stockpile of chemical weapons, workers later noticed the decrease in white blood cell count.

Mustard DNA

This later developed into the study of mustine or nitrogen mustard; which, like cisplatin disrupts the relication of DNA.

Nitrogen Mustard

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