Good things come in small packages, as the saying goes, and nowhere is that more true than in nanotechnology. Research in the field has recently led to several new strategies for employing nanotechnology in the fight against cancer, and — so far, at least — the results are promising. One of the hardest parts of fighting cancer is that drugs often hit healthy cells at least as hard as the cancerous ones, causing patients to get sick. However, researchers are using nanotechnology to sneak cancer-fighting particles into just the cancer cells, leaving the healthy ones alone.
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Nanotech 'Trojan Horse' Sneaks Drugs Into Cancer Cells
Posted by: Katherine Noyes February 18, 2010 01:06 PMGood things come in small packages, as the saying goes, and nowhere is that more true than in nanotechnology. Research in the field has recently led to several new strategies for employing nanotechnology in the fight against cancer, and — so far, at least — the results are promising. One of the hardest parts of fighting cancer is that drugs often hit healthy cells at least as hard as the cancerous ones, causing patients to get sick. However, researchers are using nanotechnology to sneak cancer-fighting particles into just the cancer cells, leaving the healthy ones alone.