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Gold-based drug slows cancer tumor growth by 82%, outperforms chemotherapy | Gold’s unique properties make it ideal for medical applications, as it is highly stable and unreactive, which also explains its common use in jewelry and coins.
A new gold-based drug slows tumor growth by 82% in animals and targets cancer cells more precisely than chemotherapy.
Published in the European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, the study highlights a new gold compound 27 times more potent against cervical cancer cells than the widely used chemotherapy drug cisplatin. Bhargava pointed out that this targeted approach significantly reduces the toxic side effects commonly associated with platinum-based drugs like cisplatin, which indiscriminately damages both cancerous and healthy cells. The project co-lead, Distinguished Professor Magdalena Plebanski, also noted another critical aspect of the compound: its ability to inhibit the formation of new blood vessels, a process known as anti-angiogenesis, which tumors need to grow.
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