Researchers at the University of California, San Francisco, have discovered that cells carrying the most common mutation found in human cancer accumulate large amounts of ferrous iron and that this «ferroaddiction» can be exploited to specifically deliver powerful anticancer drugs without harming normal, healthy cells.
Tumor cells’ ‘ferroaddiction’ can be exploited to deliver powerful anticancer drugs
Researchers at the University of California, San Francisco, have discovered that cells carrying the most common mutation found in human cancer accumulate large amounts of ferrous iron and that this "ferroaddiction" can be exploited to specifically deliver powerful anticancer drugs without harming normal, healthy cells.