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  • noun A particular drug used in chemotherapy.

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Examples

  • Kruger found that treating yeast and mammalian cells with a drug called bortezomib elevated the amount of available Hsp70 and rescued mutant proteins.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010

  • Kruger found that treating yeast and mammalian cells with a drug called bortezomib elevated the amount of available Hsp70 and rescued mutant proteins.

    Scientific Blogging 2010

  • Kruger found that treating yeast and mammalian cells with a drug called bortezomib elevated the amount of available Hsp70 and rescued mutant proteins.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010

  • But that may not be wise if you are being treated for certain types of blood cancer with bortezomib, which is sold under the brand name Velcade.

    New Scientist - Online News 2009

  • Background material for the study notes that some drugs, such as bortezomib, which now treat other cancers, may even have that capability, and an early-stage clinical trial using bortezomib for glioblastoma is currently taking place at Northwestern.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2010

  • The progression-free survival of 12.6 months is considered long compared to other targeted agents used in a similar population such as bortezomib (Velcade (R)) where the median time to progression was reported at 7.9 months.

    The Earth Times Online Newspaper 2010

  • The progression-free survival of 12.6 months is considered long compared to other targeted agents used in a similar population such as bortezomib (Velcade (R)) where the median time to progression was reported at 7.9 months.

    StreetInsider.com News Articles 2010

  • Blocking the proteolytic activity of the proteasome by either pharmacological inhibitors such as bortezomib / PS-341 or by polyglutamine repeat containing polypeptides severely compromises ERAD, induces accumulation of misfolded proteins within the ER lumen and imposes ER stress

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles 2009

  • The potential use of Curaxins as adjuvants to cancer therapies inducing proteotoxic stress, such as bortezomib (Velcade�) or thermotherapy, opens a whole new avenue of potential treatment options that may broaden the spectrum of responding tumors by cutting off an escape mechanism.

    unknown title 2009

  • This website also details the role of such drugs as Avastin and bortezomib.

    The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010

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