Redox-directed cancer therapeutics: Taurolidine and Piperlongumine as broadly effective antineoplastic agents (Review)
- Authors:
- Hanns Möhler
- Rolf W. Pfirrmann
- Karl Frei
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Affiliations: Institute of Pharmacology, University of Zurich and Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zurich, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland, Geistlich Pharma AG, 6110 Wolhusen, Switzerland, Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Zurich, 8091 Zurich, Switzerland - Published online on: July 28, 2014 https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.2014.2566
- Pages: 1329-1336
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Copyright: © Möhler et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution License [CC BY_NC 3.0].
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