The Ministry of Science and Technology today informed about a new smart drug that can replace traditional chemotherapy. The drug named RK-251 is designed to target cancerous cells without damaging healthy cells.
The Ministry appreciated the joint work of the researchers of Institute of Advanced Study in Science and Technology (IASST) and the experts of IIT, Guwahati for making this idea into reality. The Ministry also noted that in the preclinical studies, RK-251 exhibited strong activity against aggressive triple-negative breast cancer cells, with much less effect on healthy cells.
