Molecular Sensor to Detect if Cancer Drug is Working
Medgadget | August 08, 2018
Being able to monitor the chemical content of cancer cells may help scientists develop new anti-cancer medications. Additionally, it may also lead to personalized drug therapies for cancer patients that all too often end up trying multiple medications before finding one that works. Chemists at MIT have come up with just such a tool for so-called redox medications, which are drugs that aim to increase hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) concentrations inside of cancer cells.