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N.C. State: Researchers Create Light-Activated Cages for 'Protein Killer' Molecules
October 30, 2026
RALEIGH, North Carolina, Oct. 30 (TNSjou) -- North Carolina State University issued the following news release:

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Researchers Create Light-Activated Cages for 'Protein Killer' Molecules

October 29, 2026

Researchers have created a molecular "cage" that keeps protein-degrading drug molecules inactive until they are exposed to low-energy red light. The technology, called RuPHOTACs, controls when and where these molecules be . . .

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