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SUBMITTER: Poulose AC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5075932 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

Scientific reports 20161024
Hypermethylated cancer populations are hard to treat due to their enhanced chemo-resistance, characterized by aberrant methylated DNA subunits. Herein, we report on invoking response from such a cancer lineage to chemotherapy utilizing multifunctional copper telluride (Cu<sub>2-X</sub>Te) nanocubes (NCs) as photothermal and photodynamic agents, leading to significant anticancer activity. The NCs additionally possessed photoacoustic and X-ray contrast imaging abilities that could serve in image-g ...[more]