:RIPTACs

Kyle Mangano1, Patrick Ryan Potts2

  • 1Induced Proximity Platform, Amgen Research, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320, USA; R&D Postdoctoral Fellows Program, Amgen, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320, USA.

Cell chemical biology
|August 16, 2024
PubMed
概括

研究人员开发了一种新的化学诱导近距离策略,称为RIPTACs,用于向癌症治疗. 这种新的方法在治疗癌症方面显示出有前途,并有可能提高安全性.

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