Ep 41 Ricin: A Bad Seed
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Rysin and Cancer
Rysin inactivates ribosomes and inhibits protein synthesis, it has very strong effects on rapidly dividing cells like tumor cells. People are trying to conjugate or attach the A part, the toxic part of Rysin to tumor specific particles that will only target tumor cells. And then you can make a highly specific targeted super, super toxic compound to kill cancer cells without affecting other cells in your body. It's really incredible work that's going on in the field of rice and research.
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