First live targeting of tumors with RNA-based technology
Monday, November 30, 2009 - 08:35
in Health & Medicine
DURHAM, N.C. -- Finding and treating a tumor without disturbing normal tissue presents challenges -- sometimes the most effective therapies can be invasive and harsh. Researchers at Duke University Medical Center have devised a way they might deliver the right therapy directly to tumors using special molecules, called aptamers, which specifically bind to living tumor tissue.