Acid-seeking 'Warheads' Promise Safer, More Effective Cancer Wea...

Courtesy ScienceDaily  Wed, 02/27/2008 - 10:00

Researchers in California report development of an anti-cancer 'warhead' that targets the acidic signature of tumor cells in much the same way that heat-seeking missiles seek and destroy military targets that emit heat.

These acid-seeking substances are not toxic to healthy cells, and represent a new class of potentially safer, more effective anti-cancer drugs, they say.


 

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