New Technique Promises to Deliver Cancer Drugs More Effectively
A University of Massachusetts team has created a nanoparticle that could potentially transform the way different diseases, including cancer, are treated. The approach combines two methods that allow medicine to be delivered to targeted cells more effectively. At the moment, one of the best new ways to deliver anti-cancer medicine is by using biologics (i.e., protein-based medications). The major benefits of this method are that the biologics have the capacity to replace proteins that have malfunctioned within a cell, and these drugs have minimal adverse side effects. The chief downside of biologics is that the particles are large, which limits…
