Summary
The United States Food and Drug Administration gave it official permission.
This method is different because it removes the bad proteins instead of just blocking them.
It could change how doctors treat cancer in the future.
Key Points
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The medicine is called a PROteolysis Targeting Chimera, which tells cells to destroy bad proteins.
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It received approval from the United States Food and Drug Administration.
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It offers a new strategy for fighting cancers that were hard to treat before.
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Scientists have been researching this technology for more than twenty years.
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The approval means patients may soon have another treatment option.
New Words to Learn
7 wordsPROteolysis Targeting Chimera
a special medicine that tells cells to destroy harmful proteins
protein
tiny parts inside cells that do many jobs
cell
the smallest building block of a living thing
approval
official permission from a government agency
cancer
a sickness where some cells grow too fast and can damage the body
technology
a method or tool created by scientists
research
the careful study done to learn new things
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