JULY 7: SCIENCECODEX.COM: A new prostate cancer “homing device” could improve detection and allow for the first targeted treatment of the disease. READ MORE> A team of Purdue University researchers (Indiana, US) has synthesised a molecule that finds and penetrates prostate cancer cells and has created imaging agents and therapeutic drugs that can link to the molecule and be carried with it as cargo.
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PROSTATE DETECTION: ‘Homing device’ molecule accurately detects and treats tumours
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