Activating Pt(IV) anticancer prodrugs using light and vitamins

22.11.2018

New publication of the Luca Salassa Group together with members of the Cluster Translational Cancer Therapy Research in in Science Reports

The group of Prof. Luca Salassa (Donostia International Physics Center) in collaboration with the groups of Profs. Walter Berger and Bernhard K. Keppler (Research Platform “Translational Cancer Therapy Research”, University of Vienna and Medical University of Vienna) published a new study on Scientific Reports highlighting the possibility of combining photocatalysis and Pt(IV) prodrugs in the treatment of cancer.

 

Left to right (click to enlarge): Dr. Silvia Alonso de Castro, Dr. Alessio Terenzi, Prof. Luca Salassa