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Apoptosis
Research from H. Grimberg and co-authors reveals new findings on apoptosis
April 21st, 2009
According to recent research published in the journal Apoptosis, "Utilization of molecular imaging of apoptosis for clinical monitoring of tumor response to anti-cancer treatments in vivo is highly desirable. To address this need, we now present ML-9 (butyl-2-methyl-malonic acid; MW = 173), a rationally designed small-molecule detector of apoptosis, based on a novel alkyl-malonate motif." "In proof-of-concept studies, induction of apoptosis in tumor cells by various triggers both in vitro and in vivo was associated with marked uptake of H-3-ML-9 administered in vivo, in correlation with the apoptotic hallmarks of DNA fragmentation, caspase-3 activation and...
Source: Cancer Weekly (2009-04-21)
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