L-Asparaginase
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| L-Asparaginase | |
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| Term | L-Asparaginase |
| Short definition | L-778,123 - A cancer drug that belongs to the family of enzyme inhibitors. It can inhibit the transformation of normal cells into cancer cells |
| Type | Cancer terms |
| Specialty | Oncology |
| Language | English |
| Source | NCI |
| Comments | |
L-Asparaginase - (pronounced) (. . . als-PAYR-uh-jih-NAYS) A drug used to treat acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and being studied to treat some other types of cancer . It is an enzyme from the bacterium Escherichia coli (E. coli). It breaks down the amino acid asparagine and can block the growth of tumor cells that need asparagine to grow. Also called asparaginase and Elspar
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