Synergetic effect of cysteine rich protein and chemotherapeutic drugs.

• Main Author: Wong, Liling.
• Other Authors: School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Bioengineering
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/52860
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

There are several commercial drugs marketed as chemotherapy drugs to treat cancer such as Taxol, Etoposide and Vincristine. These drugs arrest cancer cells growth by inhibiting mitosis, thus resulting in apoptosis rather than proliferation. Recent discoveries of twelve new proteins derived from Clit...