Drug with a light switch: Researcher investigates chemotherapy without side effects

Nausea, neurologic pain and hair loss are some of the severe side effects of chemotherapy. But they are not a necessary hardship, says biochemist Liyan Zhang. Together with Leiden biologists and others, she achieved promising results with a drug that is only active in combination with light. Zhang will defend her Ph.D. on 4 July.

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