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Writing in Nature, Cañeque et al.2 present a way to exploit this vulnerability, using a small molecule to chemically activate the lysosomal iron and thereby drive lipid degradation, leading to a form of cell death called ferroptosis.
Lipid-degrading small molecule kills cancer cells by ferroptosis Mike Lange 2025
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