rucaparib

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noun

A drug being developed as a cancer treatment.

Scrabble 15

Meanings

nounrucaparib (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA drug being developed as a cancer treatment.

    Niraparib was selected because it was the only PARPi in clinical trials with temozolomide at the time of this study, and rucaparib and BMN-673 were selected because they are potent PARP trappers.

    2015 October 28, “Combinations of PARP Inhibitors with Temozolomide Drive PARP1 Trapping and Apoptosis in Ewing’s Sarcoma”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
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Chicago

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