Biologists Design New Molecules to Help Stall Lung Cancer (IMAGE)

University of Texas at Dallas

Biologists Design New Molecules to Help Stall Lung Cancer

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University of Texas at Dallas doctoral students Sagar Sohoni (left) and Poorva Ghosh (right) worked with Dr. Li Zhang (center) on a new study that showed that the expansion of lung tumors slowed when access to heme -- the oxygen-binding molecule in hemoglobin -- was restricted.

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