Gobbling Up Poison: Immunotoxins For Killing Colon Cancer?
Monday, September 8, 2014 - 15:20
in Biology & Nature
Immunotoxins are targeted antibodies that go after deadly toxins like ricin. In the quest to find targeted therapies for cancer - that kill cancer but spare the surrounding tissue, immunotoxins make perfect sense. But they have not succeeded in part because cancer cells share many molecules with normal cells and because it can be challenging to unlock the deadly chemical only after the antibody has homed to the diseased tissue. read more