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Jun 10, 2024

This well-timed ‘chameleon’ sneaks up on drug-resistant brain cancers

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, chemistry, neuroscience

Yale researchers are using chemical “chameleons” to sneak up on drug-resistant brain tumors.

A Yale Cancer Center team has synthesized a compound, KL-50, that they say selectively targets drug-resistant glioblastomas while leaving healthy tissue alone.


Yale scientists say KL-50, their lead “chameleon” compound, effectively targets tumors without harming healthy surrounding tissue.

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