You have likely heard of smart bombs which weren't all that smart but these cancer-killing 'microcarriers' are brilliant bombs since they pack a three-way payload. Nanobots will guide themselves to the tumor but these microcarriers are steered by an operator. That's probably a cumbersome procedure but when it drops the payload it will be dead center on the tumor for maximum cancer killing with minimum damage to healthy tissue. (Science Daily: Triple-threat cancer-fighting polymer capsules for guided drug delivery)
This guided drug delivery system targets solid tumors
Credit: UAB
The three-way effect isn't entirely clear from the graphic so here's some explanation.
These multilayer capsules show three traits that have been difficult to achieve in a single entity. They have good imaging contrast that allows detection with low-power ultrasound, they can stably and efficiently encapsulate the cancer drug doxorubicin, and both a low- and higher-power dose of ultrasound can trigger the release of that cargo.
These three features create a guided drug delivery system to target solid tumors. Therapeutic efficacy can be further improved through surface modifications to boost targeting capabilities. Diagnostic low-power ultrasound then could visualize the nanocapsules as they concentrated in a tumor, and therapeutic higher-dose ultrasound would release the drug at ground zero, sparing the rest of the body from dose-limiting toxicity.
- SD
They may it sound like a B-17 bombing run in WWII only this would be vastly more accurate. This delivery system means the payload can carry more cancer kill power and deliver it better than alternative approaches so this one is looking highly damn good to the Rockhouse.
The full article is linked for the edification of the interested student but we have more of a point than the mechanics of how this remarkable medicine will work.
Some tell us and quite loudly that this or that aspect of cancer doesn't get enough attention but the research I see on a constant flow is one approach after the other of finding better ways to wipe out cancer. Scientists are swarming the matter and that's based on the number of papers plus the differences between them.
When the research varies from the type of solution in this presentation to others which present autonomous nanobots which do essentially the same thing, I believe that validates the point of aggressively different approaches to solving the problem. Cancer is, in fact, getting enormous attention.
Do take caution that it's too early to ask your doctor about these treatments. They're not likely to benefit us or at least not Boomers but they will benefit our kids.
Ed: you don't have any damn kids!
Nope but it doesn't make any difference. If any kid gets this cure, it's a win.
Ed: what about any kid who needs it?
That will show we have found our humanity again.
This guided drug delivery system targets solid tumors
Credit: UAB
The three-way effect isn't entirely clear from the graphic so here's some explanation.
These multilayer capsules show three traits that have been difficult to achieve in a single entity. They have good imaging contrast that allows detection with low-power ultrasound, they can stably and efficiently encapsulate the cancer drug doxorubicin, and both a low- and higher-power dose of ultrasound can trigger the release of that cargo.
These three features create a guided drug delivery system to target solid tumors. Therapeutic efficacy can be further improved through surface modifications to boost targeting capabilities. Diagnostic low-power ultrasound then could visualize the nanocapsules as they concentrated in a tumor, and therapeutic higher-dose ultrasound would release the drug at ground zero, sparing the rest of the body from dose-limiting toxicity.
- SD
They may it sound like a B-17 bombing run in WWII only this would be vastly more accurate. This delivery system means the payload can carry more cancer kill power and deliver it better than alternative approaches so this one is looking highly damn good to the Rockhouse.
The full article is linked for the edification of the interested student but we have more of a point than the mechanics of how this remarkable medicine will work.
Some tell us and quite loudly that this or that aspect of cancer doesn't get enough attention but the research I see on a constant flow is one approach after the other of finding better ways to wipe out cancer. Scientists are swarming the matter and that's based on the number of papers plus the differences between them.
When the research varies from the type of solution in this presentation to others which present autonomous nanobots which do essentially the same thing, I believe that validates the point of aggressively different approaches to solving the problem. Cancer is, in fact, getting enormous attention.
Do take caution that it's too early to ask your doctor about these treatments. They're not likely to benefit us or at least not Boomers but they will benefit our kids.
Ed: you don't have any damn kids!
Nope but it doesn't make any difference. If any kid gets this cure, it's a win.
Ed: what about any kid who needs it?
That will show we have found our humanity again.
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