Remote-Controlled Nanoparticles Target Cancer
Posted on April 8, 2011, 6 a.m. in
Cancer |
Nanotechnology |
Canadian team employs nanotechnology and a tiny remote-controlled magnetic sphere to deliver cancer-fighting drugs directly to the target sites. Sylvain Martel, from Polytechnique Montral (Canada), and colleagues have guided microcarriers through a live animal's blood stream and deposit anti-cancer medicine directly on a targeted area on the animal's liver. The carriers, made out of magnetic nanoparticles and biodegradable polymer, can be navigated through arteries using a remote controlled device.
“World premiere for the team of Professor Sylvain Martel: In vivo delivery of anticancer drug microcarriers,” Polytechnique Montral Press Release, March 16, 2011.
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