Cancer-killing nanoparticles sneak through defenses camouflaged in tumor cells

Cancer has a few tricks up its sleeve to defend itself from the body's immune system, but a new therapy designed by researchers at Penn State has now turned one of those tactics against it. The team camouflaged a cancer-killing drug using cells from the tumor itself, allowing them to sneak medicine past the tumor's defenses like a nanoscale Trojan horse and deliver a killing blow from the inside... Continue Reading Cancer-killing nanoparticles sneak through defenses camouflaged in tumor cells Category: Medical Tags: Bloodstream Cancer Drug delivery Nanoparticles Pennsylvania State University The Immune System Tumors Related Articles: World’s first ciliary microrobots could change the way we take medicine Nanogenerators could turn our veins into blood flow power plants Magnetic nanoparticles designed to stop internal bleeding 3D-printed liver-like device can detoxify blood Antioxidant found to wind back the clock on blood vessel function by up to 20 years Clot-busting skin patch keeps the blood flowing with microneedles