Pre-Targeting (IMAGE)

Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf

Pre-Targeting

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Tracking the tumor: PNA-antibodies detect initially the diseased cells (red) and accumulate at the tumor site. Afterwards the radioactively labeled probes (blue) selectively bind to them by specific base pairing. Modern imaging methods allow the scientists thus to visualize the tumor.

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HZDR/Pfefferkorn

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