Case Studies: Morvus Technology Ltd (BU)

Development of a novel quinone prodrug delivery system for cancer (Presentation)

The chemotherapy agents which are in current use are highly toxic compounds and are also non selective meaning that in effect the patient is being medically “poisoned” in the hope that the cancer will die first. Prodrug technology allows for the selective deployment of highly toxic drugs into cancer cells, whilst healthy cells are left relatively unaffected.

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