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Scientists had to use pigs blood because it contained what they needed to make Photofrin. Photofrin is a drug to help cancer patients.

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Pig blood is used to create Photofrin because it contains hemoglobin, a light-absorbing molecule that is key to the treatment's mechanism of action. Hemoglobin absorbs light at specific wavelengths, which allows for the targeted destruction of cancer cells when the Photofrin is activated by light during photodynamic therapy.


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