Moreover, the inhibition of RAD51 also enhanced cytotoxicity and apoptosis induction in cancer stem cells (Ruiz et al., 2018) Oxyresveratrol’s property of apoptosis activation, cell cycle arrest, cell senescence and autophagy including the implication of inhibiting RAD51 may be able to facilitate an increase in the efficacy of commonly used chemotherapeutics. The gene discussed is RAD51; the disease is cancer.