Albumin for cancer treatment (News-Medical-Net)

Tiny particles of albumin, a protein found in the blood, can be used to carry radioactive isotopes to the site of a cancerous tumour in the body and so avoid many of the side-effects of conventional radiotherapy.
(read here…)

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This entry was posted on Wednesday, September 16th, 2009 at 8:24 pm and is filed under Technology.