Polarised light micrograph of crystals of the cancer drug Irinotecan, mainly used in chemotherapy for treating different kind of cancer, including col

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Polarised light micrograph of crystals of the cancer drug Irinotecan, mainly used in chemotherapy for treating different kind of cancer, including colon, small cell lung and pancreatic. Irinotecan is in topoisomerase inhibitor family of medication. It works by blocking topoisomerase 1 which results in DNA damage and cell death. Horizontal object size of this image section: mm.

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Size: 5472px × 3648px
Photo credit: © ALFRED PASIEKA/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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Keywords: acid, cancer, cell, chemical, chemistry, chemotherapy, colon, damage, deoxyribonucleic, dna, drug, inhibitor, irinotecan, lung, medical, medication, medicine, micrograph, pancreatic, pharmaceutical, pharmaceutics, pharmacological, pharmacology, plm, polarised, polarized, small, topoisomerase, treatment