In the Works: Toronto team aims for a drug to make tumors hyper-sensitive to radiation
Saturday, March 19, 2011 - 03:32
in Health & Medicine
Genetic engineering had been used to make cancer more vulnerable to treatment. Now the scientists hope to do the same thing through a medication.Cancer treatments, such as radiation and chemotherapy, are more shotgun-scattered than precision-targeted. They damage bystanding healthy cells as they attack the tumor tissue, causing nasty side effects.