Nano-hydrogels Capable Of Detecting Cancer Cells

Tuesday, February 17, 2009 - 10:28 in Health & Medicine

One of the problems in the treatment of cancers continues to be the lack of ability when it comes to discriminating between healthy and unhealthy cells, with the result being that all cells are affected non-specifically by the treatment. Now scientists have been to provide an answer to this problem by using intelligent nano-hydrogels - small particles capable of detecting diseased cells and releasing the medication only where required.

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