Hot Article: Fighting cancer with copper complexes

In this Dalton Transactions Hot article, Chebrolu P. Rao from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay and colleagues investigate the anticancer activity of the organometallic compound, copper (II) anthracenyl-terpyridine.

This compound is particularly exciting because it kills cells in a way not seen before with copper complexes.

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Synthesis, characterization, plasmid cleavage and cytotoxicity of cancer cells by a copper(II) complex of anthracenyl-terpyridine Amit Kumar, Jugun Prakash Chinta, Amrendra Kumar Ajay, Manoj Kumar Bhat and Chebrolu P. Rao Dalton Trans., 2011, DOI: 10.1039/C1DT10201J

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