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Emerging therapies

Emerging therapies

Light-activated iridium compound destroys cancer cells’ energy source

26 Sep 2019 Tami Freeman
Iridium-based PDT
Visible light activates an iridium catalyst (pink ball) with a coating (grey balls) that homes in on NADH (red/grey/purple balls at the bottom) in cancer cells and removes an electron from it, destroying the cells by cutting off a vital energy source. (Courtesy: designed by Huaiyi Huang at Sun Yat-Sen University)
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) uses light to destroy tumours by activating a photosensitive drug that cr

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