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genotoxic

British

/ ˌdʒɛnəʊˈtɒksɪk /

adjective

harmful to genetic material

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"Specifically, we could eliminate the use of radiation and genotoxic chemotherapy called busulfan, with exceptional outcomes."

From Science Daily • Nov. 7, 2025

This class of carbonyls is highly reactive and potentially genotoxic, or able to cause damage to DNA when consumed.

From Science Daily • May 29, 2024

But they contain carcinogenic and genotoxic ingredients that have been banned by the UK government.

From BBC • Dec. 11, 2023

For instance, the risk of colon cancer in mice increases in the presence of particular strains of Escherichia coli that express a gene cluster that produces a genotoxic secondary metabolite called colibactin15.

From Nature • Jul. 5, 2016

Both agencies note that there is some so-called "genotoxic" evidence that exposure to glyphosate can alter or damage DNA in animal or human cells, but this evidence is then viewed in different contexts.

From Reuters • Nov. 17, 2015

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