Nanotechnology Could Be The Solution To Chemotherapy Solutions - New Technology

Apr 20 2004

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As terrible as cancer can be, chemotherapy treatments can make one think that the disease might be the lesser of two evils. The basic premise behind chemotherapy is to poison the patient’s system with a cocktail of drugs. Not only does the cancer get attacked but so too does the entire body.

If the drugs aren’t water soluble the need to be dissolved in another solvent so they can be injected. Often this solvent is highly toxic and causes strong side effects. American Pharmaceutical Partners have announced that its cancer-fighting drug Abraxane (consisting of 130-nanometer spheres of protein and paclitaxel) has demonstrated greater tumour reduction and fewer side effects when compared to a solvent-dissolved equivalent.

Posted 15th April 2004

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