New radiation-free targeted therapy detects and eliminates breast cancer tumours in mice
Tuesday, March 31, 2009 - 10:00
in Health & Medicine
Combining a compound known as a gallium corrole with a protein carrier results in a targeted cancer therapy that is able to detect and eliminate tumours in mice with seemingly fewer side effects than other breast-cancer treatments, says a team of researchers from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), the Israel Institute of Technology (Technion) and the Cedars-Sinai Medical Centre...
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