Wednesday 17 July 2019

“Trojan horse” anticancer system hides tumor-killing drug in fat cells

The engineered fat molecules hiding chemotherapy drugs, tricking the tumors into eating the fat

A new drug delivery system has been developed that hides chemotherapy molecules inside fat cells that are quickly eaten up by hungry tumors. The method has been shown to be effective at targeting bone, colon and pancreatic cancers in animals, and human trials are proposed for the near future.

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