Biocompatible heterogeneous copper catalyst for click chemistry in living organisms
Tuesday, November 15, 2016 - 09:54
in Physics & Chemistry
Assembling a drug from harmless components at the target location, such as a tumor, would help reduce the side effects of treatment. In the journal Angewandte Chemie, British and Malaysian scientists present a new, nontoxic catalyst made of copper nanoparticles that can be used to specifically and selectively assemble building blocks in a living system. It was shown to be possible to make an anti-tumor drug from two benign components in situ.