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Answer for the clue "One form (trade name Mutamycin) shows promise as an anticancer drug ", 9 letters:
mitomycin

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n. (context biochemistry English) Any of a family of aziridine-containing natural products isolated from the filamentous bacterium (taxlink Streptomyces lavendulae species noshow=1), one of which is used as a chemotherapeutic agent.

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n. a complex of antibiotic substances obtained from a Streptomyces bacterium; one form (trade name Mutamycin) shows promise as an anticancer drug [syn: Mutamycin ]

Usage examples of mitomycin.

She chuckles at the names of the two drugs she is taking, Mitomycin and Vinblastine.