肺がん細胞に化学療法薬を細胞特異的に投与する

Xin Zhou1, Ya-Ching Chang, Tsukasa Oyama

  • 1Center for Biomedical Inventions and Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390-9185, USA.

まとめ

肺がんを標的とするペプチドは,がん細胞に特化した化学療法を行います. この標的型薬物投与は,従来の全身投与方法と比較して,治療指数を高めます.

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