Two-In-One Punch Knocks Out Drug Resistant Cancer Cells
Wednesday, November 4, 2009 - 07:28
in Health & Medicine
(PhysOrg.com) -- Cancer cells, like bacteria, can develop resistance to drug therapy, leading to relapse of disease. One approach showing promise in overcoming multidrug resistance in tumors is to combine two different anticancer agents in one nanoscale construct, providing a one-two punch that can prove lethal to such resistant cells. An example of this approach appears in the journal Small.