Fast, effective mechanism to combat an aggressive cancer
Tuesday, February 25, 2014 - 06:31
in Health & Medicine
A new strategy to tackle an aggressive subtype of ovarian cancer using a new nanoscale drug-delivery system designed to target specific cancer cells has been developed. A research team has devised a cluster of nanoparticles called gagomers, made of fats and coated with a kind of polysugar. When filled with chemotherapy drugs, these clusters accumulate in tumors, producing dramatically therapeutic benefits. The objective of the research is two-fold: to provide a specific target for anti-cancer drugs, and to reduce the toxic side effects of anti-cancer therapies.