Cancer: Microtubule-straightening compound widens the therapeutic window

Nature Reviews Drug Discovery 16, 17 (2017). doi:10.1038/nrd.2016.275 Author: Alexandra Flemming Microtubule-targeting agents (MTAs) are standard-of care chemotherapeutics for a wide range of cancers, but their use is limited by side effects such as neuropathy. Now, reporting in Science Translational Medicine, Brouhard, Roulston and colleagues present a novel small-molecule MTA that has potent antitumour activity
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