Cancer therapy cuts side effects
Date: 14.5.2007
Scientists say they have developed a way to deliver lethal drug doses to tumours without causing side-effects, such as nausea and hair loss.
The Australian team has used nanotechnology to create tiny particles which specifically attack cancer cells, but leave healthy tissue unaffected.
The particles - or mini-cells - are tagged with anti-cancer antibodies so they zero in on their target.
The research features in the journal Cancer Cell...
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