Incredible new ‘drug factory’ implants kill tumors in mice in under a week
Researchers with Rice University and Baylor College of Medicine have created implantable beads capable of destroying tumors in mice. The method utilizes Rice’s cytokine “drug factory” and a checkpoint inhibitor drug to do the heavy lifting. They found during testing that the implants could eradicate advanced-stage tumors in just a few days.
This isn't the first time we've seen researchers come up with amazing ways to fight cancer. We've also previously seen researchers working with cancer-killing viruses, which recently begun human trials. But, allowing doctors to implant beads with drugs directly next to the cancerous tumors could cut down on the legwork of getting the medicine to the right place.
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