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The rules of attraction

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The puzzle of how a drug that binds to a protein found in normal cells as well as cancer cells preferentially kills tumours is now solved — the target protein exists in a drug-binding complex in tumour cells.

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Figure 1: Catalysts of change?

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  2. Center for Molecular Modelling, Center for Information Technology, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, 20892, Maryland, USA

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