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Fall 2018
Colchicine is an anti-mitotic drug that targets unpolymerized tubulin, and inhibits microtubule polymerization. It is primarily used to treat gout but has been investigated in numerous clinical trials to treat conditions such as leukemia (ALL), prostate cancer, and inflammatory diseases. However,...
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2020-10-17
Tubulin is an electrostatically negative protein that forms cylindrical polymers termed microtubules, which are crucial for a variety of intracellular roles. Exploiting the electrostatic behaviour of tubulin and microtubules within functional microfluidic and optoelectronic devices is limited due...
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Targeting Breast Cancer: Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Novel D-Fructose Based Molecular Imaging Agents And Cytotoxic Noscapine Analogues
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Among the characteristic hallmarks of cancer cells is their high replicative potential, which in turn leads to the overexpression of the facilitative hexose transporters (GLUTs) to provide the energy required for cell growth and proliferation. Interestingly, in 1996 the major D-fructose...