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Nanotechnology Used To Kill Cancer

Posted by michael on from the collateral-damage dept.

to_kallon writes "A company called Kereos is developing a pair of nanotechnologies to identify tumors that measure just 1 mm in diameter, then kill them with a tiny but precise amount of a chemotherapy drug."

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  1. Re:WOAH! by demachina · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Maybe you're just a ridiculous nit picker.

    The submission didn't say its being using to fight cancer "in humans".

    James Baker, at the University of Michigan, has done something similar and has dramatically improved targeting of chemotherapy (30X improvement) in animal studies. Another link:

    http://www.forbes.com/investmentnewsletters/2004 /0 1/29/cz_jw_0129soapbox.html

    The article doesn't spell it out but if Kereos is starting human trials in 2005 they must be doing animal trials with some success at this point too. If they are killing cancer in animals with the technique then the wording in the submission is completely acceptable. If Kereos isn't showing success in animals with the technique then I'd be inclined to say the whole story is more than a little premature, but you can turn to Baker's work instead and he is fighting cancer, in animals, using nanotechnology.

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