Vial of LUM015, An Injectable Agent that Illuminates Cancer Cells during Surgery (IMAGE)

Duke University Medical Center

Vial of LUM015, An Injectable Agent that Illuminates Cancer Cells during Surgery

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LUM015 (pronounced loom-fifteen) is the first protease-activated cancer probe to be tested and deemed safe in a human clinical trial at the Duke University School of Medicine. After being injected into a patient with a cancerous tumor, it illuminates cancer cells to guide surgeons to help them remove all of the diseased tissue.

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Melodi Javid Whitley/ Duke Medicine

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