Against Repurposing Methadone for Glioblastoma Therapy

Methadone, which is used as maintenance medication for outpatient treatment of opioid dependence or as an analgesic drug, has been suggested by preclinical in vitro and mouse studies to induce cell death and sensitivity to chemo- or radiotherapy in leukemia, glioblastoma, and carcinoma cells. These...

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Main Authors: Tatjana Vatter, Lukas Klumpp, Katrin Ganser, Nicolai Stransky, Daniel Zips, Franziska Eckert, Stephan M. Huber
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-06-01
Series:Biomolecules
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2218-273X/10/6/917