Japan Researchers Develop Drug Delivery Superior To Chemo
This article was originally published in PharmAsia News
Executive Summary
Researchers in Japan say they have developed a substitute for chemotherapy, one capable of delivering drugs to targeted cancers. The development is seen as an advantage for treating cancers such as breast and ovarian, which have fewer blood vessels used by chemotherapy to do its work. The researchers found that tumor blood vessels differ from normal ones, featuring tiny gaps that could be exploited to deliver a drug. The result could lead to lower amounts of a drug doing the same job more effectively, and with fewer side effects. (Click here for more - a subscription may be required