Extremely potent, improved derivatives of successful anticancer drug created

Monday, September 16, 2013 - 13:30 in Health & Medicine

Scientists have found a way to make dramatic improvements to the cancer cell-killing power of vinblastine, one of the most successful chemotherapy drugs of the past few decades. The team's modified versions of vinblastine showed 10 to 200 times greater potency than the clinical drug.

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