Feiyang Liu1, Lingyan Liu2, Peng Wei2

  • 1State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, China; Guangxi Key Laboratory of Special Biomedicine; School of Medicine, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, China.

概括

研究人员开发了一种新型的分子触发器,对高反应性氧物种 (hROS) 敏感,用于瘤激活前药物. 这一创新使得向药物输送和成像能够实现,显示了增强化疗的前景.

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