Biochemists Shed New Light on Using Photo-Activated Compounds for Targeted Therapy

Monday, December 7, 2015 - 07:38 in Physics & Chemistry

Researchers at St. Mary's College of Maryland recently focused their attention on the chemotherapeutic use of an azo- compound (azo- compounds contain a nitrogen-nitrogen double bond) that they designed to convert from an inactive to an active form when exposed to blue or near-UV wavelength light.

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