First 3-D view of anti-cancer agent
March 20, 2008 | Source: KurzweilAI
Indiana University and Purdue University researchers used X-ray crystallography to create the first 3D image showing how the chemotherapy agent bleomycin targets and binds to DNA.
The research may allow for developing a less toxic version. Bleomycin is used in a standard treatment for testicular cancer, but it causes lung damage, so currently it isn’t used against many other cancers.