The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted orphan-drug designation to peptide SOR-C13 (Sorcimed) for the treatment of ovarian cancer. Additionally, two forms of a peptide derived from a naturally-occurring human protein (Psaptides) can force tumors to shrink significantly in an animal model of metastatic ovarian cancer, Continue reading
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