A RUDN University Chemist Created Anti-Tumour Compounds That are Up to 80 Times More Effective Than Their Counterparts
MOSCOW, Russia, July 7 -- RUDN University issued the following news release:
A chemist from RUDN University has created platinum complex compounds that are superior in activity to cisplatin, the drug for the treatment of tumour diseases. The new compounds turned out to be also less toxic to healthy cells.
Platinum-based anticancer drugs -- cisplatin, oxaliplatin, and carboplatin -- are used for chemotherapy in about half of cancer cases. They penetrate cells and interac . . .
A chemist from RUDN University has created platinum complex compounds that are superior in activity to cisplatin, the drug for the treatment of tumour diseases. The new compounds turned out to be also less toxic to healthy cells.
Platinum-based anticancer drugs -- cisplatin, oxaliplatin, and carboplatin -- are used for chemotherapy in about half of cancer cases. They penetrate cells and interac . . .