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doxorubicin

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dox·o·ru·bi·cin  (dks-rb-sn)
n.
An antibiotic obtained from the bacterium Streptomyces peuceticus, used as an anticancer drug.

[d(e)ox(y)- + Latin ruber, red; see rubric + -(my)cin.]
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Noun1.doxorubicin - an antibiotic used as an anticancer drug
antibiotic, antibiotic drug - a chemical substance derivable from a mold or bacterium that can kill microorganisms and cure bacterial infections; "when antibiotics were first discovered they were called wonder drugs"

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Bert Vogelstein and his colleagues at the Johns Hopkins cancer center in Baltimore injected mice with microscopic containers, called liposomes, loaded with the anti-cancer drag doxorubicin.
Super-Leu-Dox consists of doxorubicin (a marketed cytotoxic compound used in treating cancer) conjugated to a proprietary prodrug peptide.
In the reported study, doxorubicin and a MRI contrast agent were encapsulated in Celsion's heat activated liposome.
 
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