A new drug designed for the treatment of lung cancer must specifically enter the cytoplasm of lung cells while not entering the cells of other tissues. Which of the following characteristics would likely enhance the specificity of this drug?

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The specificity of a drug for targeting lung cells can be enhanced by making the drug molecule similar to other molecules that are normally transported into lung cells. This similarity can exploit existing transport mechanisms specific to lung cells, thereby increasing the drug's specificity for lung cells over other tissue cells.

A New Drug Designed for the Treatment of Lung Cancer