‘Trojan horse’ anticancer drug disguises itself as fat
Monday, July 20, 2020 - 16:40
in Health & Medicine
A stealthy new drug-delivery system disguises chemotherapeutics as fat in order to outsmart, penetrate and destroy tumors. Thinking the drugs are tasty fats, tumors invite the drug inside. Once there, the targeted drug activates, immediately suppressing tumor growth. The drug also is lower in toxicity than current chemotherapy drugs, leading to fewer side effects. Nathan […]