Dr Anna Wenger: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Academic
- Role
- Researcher at Wellcome Sanger Institute, University of Cambridge, Francis Crick Institute, and King's College London
- Quoted on
- Cancer
- Tracked press citations
- 5
- Most recently quoted
- 29 Sept 2026
“Our study represents a milestone in revealing the DNA damage that chemotherapy causes in normal tissues. We explored what this might mean for children who undergo this life-saving treatment at a young age, as delayed side effects from treatment often unfold over a lifetime.”
What Dr Anna Wenger has said
“Our study represents a milestone in revealing the DNA damage that chemotherapy causes in normal tissues. We explored what this might mean for children who undergo this life-saving treatment at a young age, as delayed side effects from treatment often unfold over a lifetime.”
postdoctoral fellow at the Wellcome Sanger Institute and the University of Gothenburg · Cancer · 29 Sept 2026 · Childhood Chemotherapy Leaves Lasting DNA Damage in Healthy Tissues ↗
“Our study represents a milestone in revealing the DNA damage that chemotherapy causes in normal tissues. We explored what this might mean for children who undergo this life-saving treatment at a young age, as delayed side effects from treatment often unfold over a lifetime. By using cuttings edge genomics, we revealed that certain chemotherapy drugs 'age' the children's healthy cells, causing, in a short period, the same amount of DNA damage that would normally accumulate over decades and be seen in a middle-aged adult.”
first author at the Wellcome Sanger Institute and the University of Gothenburg · Cancer · 29 Sept 2026 · Research uncovers the impact of childhood chemotherapy on healthy tissues ↗
“Our finding enables us to begin to think about ways in which we could protect healthy tissues from DNA damage”
Researcher at Wellcome Sanger Institute, University of Cambridge, Francis Crick Institute, and King's College London · Cancer · 29 Sept 2026 · Study explores cost of childhood chemotherapy ↗
“Our study represents a milestone in revealing the DNA damage that chemotherapy causes in normal tissues. We explored what this might mean for children who undergo this life-saving treatment at a young age, as delayed side effects from treatment often unfold over a lifetime. By using cutting-edge genomics, we revealed that certain chemotherapy drugs 'age' children's healthy cells, causing, in a short period, the same amount of DNA damage that would normally accumulate over decades and be seen in middle-aged adults.”
First author at the Wellcome Sanger Institute and the University of Gothenburg · Cancer · 29 Sept 2026 · Platinum-based chemotherapy shown to ‘age’ a child’s healthy cells ↗
Where Dr Anna Wenger has been quoted
- Platinum chemotherapy may cause decades' worth of DNA changes in children's healthy cellsmedicalxpress.com · 29 Sept 2026
- Childhood Chemotherapy Leaves Lasting DNA Damage in Healthy Tissuesinsideprecisionmedicine.com · 29 Sept 2026
- Research uncovers the impact of childhood chemotherapy on healthy tissueskcl.ac.uk · 29 Sept 2026
- Study explores cost of childhood chemotherapyhealthcare-in-europe.com · 29 Sept 2026
- Platinum-based chemotherapy shown to ‘age’ a child’s healthy cellsoncology-central.com · 29 Sept 2026
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