'Smart Bomb' Nanoparticle Strategy Impacts Metastasis

Courtesy ScienceDaily  Tue, 07/08/2008 - 08:30

A new treatment strategy using molecular "smart bombs" to target metastasis with anti-cancer drugs leads to good results using significantly lower doses of toxic chemotherapy, with less collateral damage to surrounding tissue.


 

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