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Researchers develop ‘Trojan horse’ approach to destroy cancer cells – News-Medical.Net
Cancer cells are killed in lab experiments and tumour growth reduced in mice, using a new approach that turns a nanoparticle into a ‘Trojan horse’ that causes cancer cells to self-destruct, a research team at the Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (N…
Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.Sep 23 2020
Cancer cells are killed in lab experiments and tumor growth reduced in mice, using a new approach that turns a nanoparticle into a ‘Trojan horse’ that causes cancer cells to self-destruct, a research team at the Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) has found.
The researchers created their ‘Trojan horse’ nanoparticle by coating it with a specific amino acid – L-phenylalanine – that cancer cells rely on, along with other simila…
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