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    Built-in light to treat cancer

    • Last Update: 2021-09-13
    • Source: Internet
    • Author: User
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    The treatment should be highly effective and have as few side effects as possible-this is a big challenge, especially in the case of cancer


    Classical photodynamic therapy is a relatively mild non-invasive cancer treatment because of its specific spatial and temporal selectivity


    The team led by Sun Xiaolian (China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing) and Shao Guoqiang (Nanjing Medical University) has now developed a new photodynamic tumor therapy that is effective for deep tumors


    This "smart" drug is composed of four components and connected into a single molecule: photosensitizer (pyrophosphorimide-a), pH sensor (diisopropylamino), polymer (polyethylene glycol) And "light" (the amino acid tyrosine that carries the radioactive iodine-131 isotope)


    How does this "built-in light" work? As it decays, the radioactive iodine isotope I-131 releases beta radiation (electrons) and gamma radiation



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    Magazine

    Angewandte Chemie International Edition

    DOI

    10.


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