Engineers Create Intelligent Molecules That Seek And Destroy Diseased Cells

Tuesday, February 17, 2009 - 22:35 in Biology & Nature

Current treatments for diseases like cancer typically destroy nasty malignant cells, while also hammering the healthy ones. Using new advances in synthetic biology, researchers are designing molecules intelligent enough to recognize diseased cells, leaving the healthy cells alone.

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