Monday, February 4, 2019

Simply shining light on 'dinosaur metal' compound kills cancer cells

A new compound based on iridium, a rare metal which landed in the Gulf of Mexico 66 million years ago, hooked onto albumin, a protein in blood, can attack the nucleus of cancerous cells when switched on by light, researchers have found.

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