Glowing Substance
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ByNathan Mills
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A substance that glows and sticks to Cancer cells Makes possible cancer cells easier for doctors to spot Man-made substance Made from a combination of the breast cancer drug
Herceptin and a glowing molecule called BODIPY Only glows while inside living cells
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Mice with HER2-positive breast cancer injected with the substance
The substance, which is “activatable”, was found only in lung tumors in the mice a day later
A different “always on” substance was 14% less successful Mice with ovarian cancer in the abdomen were also tested
with a re-engineered version substance The test was successful
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The substance only attaches to HER2 protein on surface of cell
Made from a combination of a breast cancer drug, Herceptin, and a glowing molecule called BODIPY
Only works while inside living cells
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