A Brief Guide to Antibody-drug Conjugate

Antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) are a very important class of highly potent drugs designed as a targeted therapy for the treatment of people who has cancer. It represents an innovative therapeutic application that includes the unique, high specificity and antitumor activity of monoclonal antibodies which are tumor-specific but not very cytotoxic, with the cell killing activity of small molecule drugs that are too toxic to be used on their own. Scientists could optimize the features of both components by linking monoclonal antibodies with cytotoxic agents. So this is a brief introduction to this hot topic.