A new chemical tool for probing toxic formaldehyde's dual nature

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A new chemical tool for probing toxic formaldehyde's dual nature
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Compounds developed by University of Leicester Chemists aim to reveal the dual nature of formaldehyde, a chemical that is known to cause cancer but is also believed to play important roles in our biology.

plays an important role in our biology despite its potential toxicity, giving it a dual nature much like the literary characters of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.

To probe its impact on our cells more accurately, a team at the University of Leicester with collaborators at the University of Oxford have developed a new library of compounds designed to release formaldehyde in cells in controlled amounts that can be used to more precisely to measure its effects. They are partly inspired byDr.

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