New chemo drug keeps platinum nanoparticles on target for liver cancer

Chemotherapy drugs are effective at killing cancer cells – but unfortunately, they're also pretty good at killing healthy cells. Making these drugs more selective for tumors is a key area of research, and now a team at ETH Zurich has found a way to keep a common treatment – platinum nanoparticles – on target.

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Category: Medical

Tags:

• Cancer
• Drug
• Drugs
• ETH Zurich
• Medication
• Nanoparticle
• Nanoparticles
• Platinum
• Tumor
• Tumors

from New Atlas (Gizmag) http://bit.ly/2N8OYGT