The Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering at Tohoku University has created a lymphatic drug delivery system (LDDS) that allows anticancer medications to be administered directly into metastatic LNs. Rapid therapy is essential because lymph node (LN) metastases in cancer patients is an indication that things are becoming worse. A research team from Tohoku University’s Graduate […]
Hope for a cure is provided by research on the molecular drilling of skin cancer cells
According to research that opens the door to potential new treatments for the condition, skin cancer cells create “molecular drills” in order to infiltrate healthy tissues and spread throughout the body. The London Institute of Cancer Research has identified the gene that promotes tumour growth. Melanoma cells growing in 3D skin-like material in the lab […]
