«While ciclopirox and deferiprone were developed for unrelated uses, Hartmut's knowledge of enzymes and pharmacology suggested that both drugs could influence some of the most basic processes that
occur within human cells,» he says.
The bacteria hide
within human cells called macrophages, escaping the body's own immune defenses and being shielded from many types of antibiotics.
DNA damaging agents can promote ageing, disease and cancer and are widespread in the environment as well as being
produced within human cells as normal cellular metabolites
Within every human cell lies a genetic recipe — groups of tightly coiled chromosomes containing DNA, the hereditable, genetic information that makes us human.