Elie Dolgin, PHD, Science Journalist

How cells' 'lava lamp' effect could make cancer drugs more powerful

Elie Dolgin • Jun 18, 2020

Discovery that synthetic compounds form concentrated droplets inside cells could shake up drug development — including the hunt for coronavirus treatments.

There’s a long-standing assumption in the pharmaceutical industry that when drug molecules enter a cell, they spread through it evenly — but, says biologist Rick Young, “that could not be further from the truth”.


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