Chemical Structure of Cancer Drug C1 (image)

University of Texas at Austin

Caption

The chemical structure of C1, a conjugate incorporating two active elements: Doxorubicin (Dox), a powerful cancer chemotherapy agent that's been used for decades; and a dichloroacetic acid (DCA) subunit, which reverses a cell's metabolism to anaerobic.

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University of Texas at Austin

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