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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Neckers, L., Lee, YS. The rules of attraction. Nature 425, 357–359 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1038/425357a
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