August 14, 2018 – Lee Hadwiger and Kiwamu Tanaka were highlighted in WSU News regarding their hypothesis and theory article in Frontiers in Plant Science, which entitled “DNA damage and chromatin conformation changes confer nonhost resistance: a hypothesis based on effects of anti-cancer agents on plant defense responses.” The news was written by Scott Weybright, CAHNRS science writer. See also EurekAlert!CAHNRS News, and Frontiers Blogs.

Cancer-fighting drugs also help plants fight disease