Miranda Schmidt joins the lab as an undergraduate research assistant. …
Collaborative research with Dr. Allan Conney at Rutgers University yields insight into the mechanism of caffeine’s protective effects after UV damage in mouse skin.
A study looking at the effects of caffeine on the inhibition of the ATR/Chk1 pathway is published in Cancer Research. They found that administration of caffeine to mice enhances clearance of DNA-damaged cells after treatment with UV. [pdf].