Tuesday, August 24, 2010

(MED) Israel Develops 'Nano-Vehicle' To Fight Cancerous Cells

"In a development reminiscent of the science-fiction film, 'Fantastic Voyage', two researchers at Tel Aviv University (TAU) said they've developed a microscopic 'nano-vehicle' that exactly targets chemotherapy treatments at cancerous cells without damaging healthy cells nearby.

Dr. Dan Peer and Prof. Rimona Margalit are behind the tiny, but real-life development that could harbor big returns in efficiently killing cancerous cells without the common side-effects of a severely-weakened immune system, namely nausea, weakness and hair loss.

In the 1966 film, a team of doctors and a submarine were miniaturized to microscopic scale and injected into the bloodstream of a patient to repair a life-threatening blood clot."












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