Global Challenges/Chemistry Solutions
Global Challenges/Chemistry Solutions
American Chemical Society
Combating Disease: First dual-action compound kills cancer cells, stops them from spreading
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Scientists are reporting development and successful lab tests on the first potential drug to pack a lethal one-two punch against melanoma skin cancer cells. Hit number one destroys cells in the main tumor, and the second hit blocks the spread of the cancer to other sites in the body, according to their report in the journal ACS Chemical Biology.