CIC bioGUNE research breaks new ground in the use of natural products containing ortho-quinones as anticancer agents

The work, published in the journal Nature Chemistry, will allow the use of natural products that until now have been discarded due to their toxicity. Ortho-quinones are highly reactive substances that can be delivered to tumour tissues by conjugation to therapeutic antibodies safely and selectively.   Research by CIC bioGUNE, a member of the Basque…