Nanoparticle vaccine could curb cancer metastasis to lungs by targeting a protein
Date | 18th, Oct 2023 |
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Source | Nanowerk - Nanotechnology Websites |
DESCRIPTION
Researchers have developed an experimental vaccine that could prevent the spread of metastatic cancers to the lungs. The key ingredients of the vaccine are nanoparticles - fashioned from bacterial viruses - that have been engineered to target a protein known to play a central role in cancer growth and spread.