Mutamycin (Noun)
Meaning
A complex of antibiotic substances obtained from a streptomyces bacterium; one form (trade name Mutamycin) shows promise as an anticancer drug.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- Mitomycin, also known as mutamycin, is a chemotherapy medication used to treat various types of cancer, including stomach cancer and pancreatic cancer.
- The doctor prescribed a combination of mutamycin and another chemotherapy drug to attack the cancer cells from different angles.
- Researchers have been studying the effects of mutamycin on cancer cells in laboratory experiments and have reported promising results.
- In clinical trials, mutamycin has shown the ability to selectively target and kill cancer cells while minimizing damage to healthy cells.
- The patient received an intravenous injection of mutamycin once a week for six months to help reduce the size of her tumors.