2024-04-26T14:06:07Z https://mypeace.tv/video/video/listTagged?tag=evergreen&rss=yes&xn_auth=no tag:mypeace.tv,2010-11-01:1992146:Video:128554 2010-11-01T17:51:48.547Z Dr. F. A. Young, Esq. https://mypeace.tv/profile/DrFAYoungEsq

<a href="https://mypeace.tv/video/herceptin-mechanism-of-action"><br /> <img alt="Thumbnail" height="180" src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2178621812?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=180" width="240"></img><br /> </a> <br></br>Scientists at UC Santa Barbara have discovered that a drug derived from the evergreen tree could save the lives of some patients with the deadliest form of breast cancer.<br></br> <br></br> The new drug is named trastuzumab-DM1, and is a synthetic derivative of maytansine, a molecule found in an evergreen tree in the genera Maytenus, which grows on several continents.<br></br> <br></br> The drug works…

<a href="https://mypeace.tv/video/herceptin-mechanism-of-action"><br /> <img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2178621812?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=180" width="240" height="180" alt="Thumbnail" /><br /> </a><br />Scientists at UC Santa Barbara have discovered that a drug derived from the evergreen tree could save the lives of some patients with the deadliest form of breast cancer.<br /> <br /> The new drug is named trastuzumab-DM1, and is a synthetic derivative of maytansine, a molecule found in an evergreen tree in the genera Maytenus, which grows on several continents.<br /> <br /> The drug works by targeting the microtubules of cancer cells, the dynamic, rapidly growing and shortening protein filaments that help cells to divide and multiply (UCSB).