Stanford Researchers have found a way to ‘safety test’ cancer drugs earlier in development before they are administered to patients

2/23/2017

Stanford Scientists have created an assay in which they use heart muscle cells made from stem cells to test the toxicity of commonly used chemotherapy drugs called tyrosine kinase inhibitors used for the treatment of many types of cancers. These drugs could have severe and sometimes fatal side effects and this assay will help determine their likelihood of causing lasting heart damage in patients before they are administered to the patients.

Chemotherapy drugs could have severe and sometimes fatal side effects

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