🧬⚡Your sunscreen is only half the story
We show that near-infrared light makes UV damage WORSE. nIR loosens DNA packaging, creating a repair traffic jam that increases breaks. We are ignoring the invisible majority of solar radiation that hacks DNA repair.
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
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Scientific Reports - Exposure of cells to near-infrared irradiation relaxes chromatin compaction and facilitates recognition of cyclo-butane pyrimidine dimers