Science news articles about 'smart bombs'

A new treatment strategy using molecular "smart bombs" to target metastasis with anti-cancer drugs leads to good results using significantly lower doses of toxic chemotherapy, ...

... to deliver drugs only to specific cells inside the human body, without affecting surrounding tissue. These tiny "smart bombs" - each one thousands of times smaller than the width of a ...

... to deliver drugs only to specific cells inside the human body, without affecting surrounding tissue. These tiny "smart bombs" -- each one thousands of times smaller than the width of ...

... according to data presented at the American Association for Cancer Research 100th Annual Meeting 2009. "It's like a smart bomb, to use a military analogy," said John P. Sedelaar, ...

... bond to the invader and replicate to neutralize the enemy. The new process develops a “smart bomb” for the immune system, using fully human monoclonal antibodies specifically designed to fight the ...

... . They will begin with iodine-131, a form of radionuclide currently used to treat some cancers, as well as a nanoparticle, or "smart bomb," that would carry cancer-fighting drugs to diseased cells.

Researchers may have found a way to combine imaging with chemotherapy in a single agent for the treatment of prostate cancer, according to new data.

... which contributed to the study. Antibodies, Dr. Kronenberg explained, may be thought of as the body's smart bombs, which seek out infectious agents and tag them for destruction. Twenty-five human ...

... , the company bringing TPM to clinical trials, goes on to explain that TPM releases what the researchers call a "smart bomb" of drugs to create holes in the tumor so TPM can reach ...