Prostate Cancer 'Homing Device' Created For Drug Delivery
Monday, July 6, 2009 - 16:07
in Health & Medicine
A new prostate cancer "homing device" could improve detection and allow for the first targeted treatment of the disease. Researchers have synthesized a molecule that finds and penetrates prostate cancer cells and has created imaging agents and therapeutic drugs that can link to the molecule and be carried with it as cargo.