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A carefully designed metal-free carbon monoxide prodrug – an inactive compound that is converted into its active form in the body – may help prevent some of the deadliest forms of cancer from spreading, according to researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine.

The recent preclinical study offers a new strategy to potentially reduce the recurrence of pancreatic and triple-negative breast cancer in patients who initially respond to treatment.

Metal-free carbon monoxide treatment may help prevent cancer’s deadly spread | Cornell Chronicle A new prodrug offers a new strategy to potentially reduce the recurrence of pancreatic and triple-negative breast cancer in patients who initially respond to treatment.

It has been nearly a quarter-century since Lauren Weisberger ’99 wrote her debut novel — a book, published when Weisberger was just 26, that became not merely a bestseller but a cultural sensation.

The story, inspired by her time at a prominent fashion magazine, has now spawned book sequels, two movies, and even a musical.

“I had this crazy year I worked at a fashion magazine; it was funny and weird, and I saw a lot of famous people and a lot of excess,” she recalls. “So I just started working on it.”

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