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Modulight Spotlights: LASER-SHARP RESEARCH – November 2025

Modulight Spotlights: LASER-SHARP RESEARCH – November 2025 We are delighted to highlight new exciting study by Rahman et al. from Dr. Huang-Chiao Huang’s lab at University of Maryland. Multidrug resistance remains a significant barrier to successful chemotherapy outcomes for cancer patients, often caused by active pumping of chemotherapeutics outside of cancer cells. Hence, the team [...]

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Red-Light Activation of a Microtubule Polymerization Inhibitor via Amide Functionalization of the Ruthenium Photocage

Published in: Angew Chem Int Ed Authors: Ludovic Bretin, Yurii Husiev, Vadde Ramu, Liyan Zhang, Matthijs Hakkennes, Selda Abyar, Andrew C. Johns, Sylvia E. Le Dévédec, Tania Betancourt, Alexander Kornienko, Sylvestre Bonnet Leiden University A ruthenium-based compound was developed for PACT (photoactivated chemotherapy), which unlike most existing PACT compounds, can be also activated with clinically relevant

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