Pharmaceutical

Antibody–drug conjugates (ADCs), a new weapon of 21st Century for fighting Cancer Traditional cancer chemotherapy was having harsh side effects and also leads to systemic toxicity. The approach was also referred to as the carpet-bombing strategy for fighting cancer. Traditional chemotherapy does not discriminate between cancer cells and other fast dividing cells which are common in the body. In the recent years, new technology has emerged to fight cancer; Antibody–drug conjugates (ADCs). ADCs use antibodies to deliver a potent cytotoxic compound selectively to tumor cells, thus improving the therapeutic index of chemotherapeutic agents. The type of antibody used to c...