Na**daisies Encapsulate Anti-Cancer ***** for Targeted One-Two Punch (VIDEO)
 

Na**daisies Encapsulate Anti-Cancer ***** for Targeted One-Two Punch (VIDEO)
http://cdn.medgadget.com/wp-content/...4/11/Daisy.jpgThere’s a variety of methods currently being researched to deliver chemotherapy ***** to tumors without poisoning the rest of the body. Researchers at **rth Carolina State and University of **rth Carolina-Chapel Hill have developed a technique to encapsulate doxorubicin and camptothecin, chemo agents, within flower-shaped carriers made of polyethylene glycol (PEG).

The so called “na**daisies” are created by attaching camptothecin to the PEG so they hang off on one side of the surface. Doxorubicin is added to a solution with water, while the PEG sheets, being hydrophobic, curl up into a round shape capturing the drug that’s in*the water solution. The PEG protects the ***** inside until the na**particle gets into*a tumor. Once there, the outer shell breaks down and releases the payload right at the treatment site.

Here’s an animation demonstrating how the tech**logy functions:





Link: Cancer-Killing Na**daisies…

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