New Nano-Beads Laced With Venom Slow Cancer Spread
Friday, April 17, 2009 - 21:21
in Health & Medicine
Scorpion venom bonded to iron oxide nanoparticles can halt the spread of brain tumors in mice by 98 percent, compared to 45 percent with the venom alone, a new study says.
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