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• Nanotech Revives a Cancer Drug: A new formulation could bring a promising drug back to the clinic

  In the 1990s, a cancer drug called TNP-470 dramatically increased life span for some patients and led to complete cancer regression in others. But when neurotoxicity was detected in some patients, clinical trials were halted. This is a common problem: Read More...
  Posted Monday, July 14, 2008 4:11 AM by clementlawyer / 0 Comments

  Tags: Cancer, Nanotech, Chemotherapy, nano medicine

• 'Mini-cells' could stop side-effects of chemotherapy

  Bacterial nanoparticles without chromosomes have been created that can carry high-dose combinations of drugs to exactly where they are needed without releasing them into the general circulation.... Read more
  Posted Monday, May 07, 2007 7:47 PM from KurzweilAI.net Accelerating Intelligence News / 0 Comments

  Tags: Nanoparticles, Chemotherapy

• Researchers Channel Microcapsules Into Tumour Cells And Release Their Contents Using A Laser Impulse

  Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces researchers have released active substances from a capsule in a tumor cell, using an infrared laser pulse. The laser light cracks its polymer shell by heating it up and the capsule's contents are releas... Read more
  Posted Sunday, August 27, 2006 11:48 PM from KurzweilAI.net Accelerating Intelligence News / 0 Comments

  Tags: Cancer, Lasers, Chemotherapy