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Re:Graphene may have found its killer app by OliverJones on Friday May 20, 2022 @09:29AM (#31447086)
Benzene and similar flat aromatic carbon-based compounds are mutagenetic (cancer- and birth defect- causing) because they can slip between base pairs in DNA and disrupt replication.

I wonder whether graphene, itself a flat carbon compound, has the same affinity for DNA?

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Re:Graphene may have found its killer app by scotty79 on Friday May 20, 2022 @06:19PM (#31453223)
Molecular bond in benzene is little special. Maybe that's the source of mutagenic properties?
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