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General => Science => Topic started by: leftyguitarjoe on January 20, 2009, 11:30:43 PM

Title: Key to the cure for cancer?
Post by: leftyguitarjoe on January 20, 2009, 11:30:43 PM
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=nan ... ets-cancer (http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=nanomedicine-targets-cancer)

this would be amazing!!

(its a long read, but worth it IMO)
Title: Re: Key to the cure for cancer?
Post by: McQ on January 21, 2009, 02:14:29 AM
This is the direction that medical research has needed to go for a long time, only very few people knew it and understood it. Cancer research is much more focused now on targeted therapies, replacing the "shotgun" approach of chemotherapeutic agents with more specific compounds. Nanotechnology is the ultimate in targeted therapy. Thanks for sharing this!
Title: Re: Key to the cure for cancer?
Post by: Will on January 21, 2009, 02:31:47 AM
Quote from: "leftyguitarjoe"this would be amazing!!
It certainly stands a better chance than prayer!

But seriously, I'm going to send this to my little brother. He's a bit of a nanotechnology-based medicine geek, and could offer a valuable opinion. Or he may just say, "Cool."