Nanotechnology Holds Promise Against Brain Cancer

November 17, 2006

Tiny “nanoparticles” can be loaded with high concentrations of drugs to kill brain cancer, U.S. researchers report. Researchers at the University of Michigan (U-M) Comprehensive Cancer Center incorporated the drug Photofrin into nanoparticles (about one-billionth of a meter in size) that would target brain tumors. (HealthDay)