Tiny tweezers and yeast help researchers show how cancer drug works

The annoying bulges of an over-wound telephone cord that shorten its reach and limit a caller’s motion help to explain why drugs called camptothecins are so effective in killing cancer cells, according to investigators at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and Delft University of Technology.

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<p><a href="http://www.physorg.com/news103208462.html">Tiny tweezers and yeast help researchers show how cancer drug works</a></p> <p>The annoying bulges of an over-wound telephone cord that shorten its reach and limit a caller’s motion help to explain why drugs called camptothecins are so effective in killing cancer cells, according to investigators at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and Delft University of Technology.</p>