Unique Properties Of Boron Harnessed To Develop New Drugs And Diagnostics
Thursday, October 23, 2008 - 10:28
in Biology & Nature
Researchers are on the verge of unleashing the power of the element boron in a new generation of drugs and therapies, as decades of research begins to bear fruit. Boron has to date far been one of biology's best kept secrets, but is now attracting fast growing research interest and investment from the pharmaceutical industry in the quest for novel drugs to tackle cancer and infectious diseases, potentially overcoming limitations and side effects of current products.