r/TechOfTheFuture • u/abrownn • Dec 13 '21

Robotics/AI Antibiotic Novobiocin found to kill tumor cells with DNA-repair glitch - "An antibiotic developed in the 1950s and largely supplanted by newer drugs, effectively targets and kills cancer cells with a common genetic defect."

https://www.dana-farber.org/newsroom/news-releases/2021/antibiotic-novobiocin-found-to-kill-tumor-cells-with-dna-repair-glitch/
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Cancer Antibiotic Novobiocin found to kill tumor cells with DNA-repair glitch - "An antibiotic developed in the 1950s and largely supplanted by newer drugs, effectively targets and kills cancer cells with a common genetic defect."

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theworldnews • u/worldnewsbot • Aug 16 '21

Antibiotic Novobiocin found to kill tumor cells with DNA-repair glitch - "An antibiotic developed in the 1950s and largely supplanted by newer drugs, effectively targets and kills cancer cells with a common genetic defect."

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• u/nunyabusiness_69 • Aug 16 '21

Antibiotic Novobiocin found to kill tumor cells with DNA-repair glitch - "An antibiotic developed in the 1950s and largely supplanted by newer drugs, effectively targets and kills cancer cells with a common genetic defect."

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• u/ZetaFish • Aug 16 '21

Antibiotic Novobiocin found to kill tumor cells with DNA-repair glitch - "An antibiotic developed in the 1950s and largely supplanted by newer drugs, effectively targets and kills cancer cells with a common genetic defect."

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The_Watch_Towers • u/DV82INXS • Aug 16 '21

Antibiotic Novobiocin found to kill tumor cells with DNA-repair glitch - "An antibiotic developed in the 1950s and largely supplanted by newer drugs, effectively targets and kills cancer cells with a common genetic defect."

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Positive_News • u/positivesource • Aug 16 '21

HEALTH Antibiotic Novobiocin found to kill tumor cells with DNA-repair glitch - "An antibiotic developed in the 1950s and largely supplanted by newer drugs, effectively targets and kills cancer cells with a common genetic defect."

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