'Trojan Horse' particle sneaks chemotherapy in to kill ovarian cancer cells

Monday, September 12, 2011 - 10:30 in Health & Medicine

A common chemotherapy drug has been successfully delivered to cancer cells inside tiny microparticles using a method inspired by our knowledge of how the human immune system works. The drug, delivered in this way, reduced ovarian cancer tumors in an animal model by 65 times more than using the standard method. This approach is now being developed for clinical use.

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