Nanotechnology offers new hope for bowel cancer patients
| Date | 3rd, May 2021 |
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| Source | University of South Australia - Organizations and Universities Websites |
DESCRIPTION
3D illustration of a nanobot attacking a cancer cell. Bowel cancer survival rates could be improved if chemotherapy drugs were delivered via tiny nanoparticles to the diseased organs rather than oral treatment. That’s the finding from Indian and Australian scientists who have undertaken the first study, using nanoparticles to target bowel cancer, the third most common cancer in the world and th...