bleomycin

Definition / meaning of bleomycin

The active ingredient in a drug that is used to treat many types of cancer and is being studied in the treatment of other types of cancer. It comes from the bacterium Streptomyces verticillus. Bleomycin damages DNA and may kill rapidly growing cancer cells. It is a type of antineoplastic antibiotic.

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The Web site of the National Cancer Institute (http://www.cancer.gov/)

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