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Hitting the mother lode of tumor angiogenesis

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An oral formulation of an antiangiogenic drug may allow long-term anti-cancer therapy.

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Figure 1: The structure of Lodamin enhances its bioavailability and stability in circulation and inhibits tumor growth and metastasis.

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  1. Sina Rabbany and Shahin Rafii are in the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and the Department of Genetic Medicine of the Weill Cornell Medical College, Daylon James, 1300 York Avenue, Rm. A-863, New York, New York 10021, USA. srafii@med.cornell.edu,

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