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Chicken feathers to deliver chemotherapy drugs and repair enzymes - EurekAlert


A new method of drug delivery using proline, an amino acid found in chicken feathers and skin tissue, could be used to limit the side effects of chemotherapy and repair important enzymes, new research suggests.

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