Tackling the Problem of Resistance in Chemotherapy

Nucleoside analogs are a widely used class of chemotherapeutic agents, but the ability of cancer cells to evade them and develop resistance limits their benefits and increases their side effects. NuCana, which is developing a new class of cancer agents dubbed ProTides believes it can address this problem with nucleoside analogs by delivering them efficiently into cancer cell and preventing their degradation before they can act. We spoke to Hugh Griffith, founder and CEO of Nucana, about the pr oblems of resistance, how the company’s ProTide technology works, and the pipeline the company is advancing in the clinic.