Cytotoxic means that a substance or process can damage cells or cause them to die. "Cyto" means cell and "toxic" means poison. You might hear the word when talking about chemotherapy drugs that ...

"Cytotoxic agents from nature lead to an increased incorporation of polyunsaturated fatty acids into the membrane of cancer cells. This makes them more susceptible to ferroptosis, a type of cell ...

Cancer metastasis, the spread of cancer to organs, is a major cause of cancer-related deaths. Once cancer spreads to multiple ...

Cytotoxic T cells are CD8-postive T cells that are specialized for the direct killing of cells that are infected (particularly with viruses), cancerous or damaged in other ways. They express the ...

Gloves should be changed immediately if torn or punctured. Special caution is advised when working with lipophilic and low-molecular-weight cytotoxic agents.

Immunostimulant therapy using agonistic cytokines or activating antibodies has been associated with off-target side effects, failure to preferentially activate cytotoxic lymphocytes (CTLs) over ...