New drug candidate shows promise against cancer
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Drugs containing platinum are among the most powerful and widely used cancer drugs. However, such drugs have toxic side effects, and cancer cells can eventually become resistant to them. MIT chemistry professor Stephen J. Lippard, who has spent much of his career studying platinum drugs, has now ide...
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