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May 2, 2024

Nano-drugs hitching a ride on bacteria could help treat pancreatic cancer

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, nanotechnology

Many pancreatic tumors are like malignant fortresses, surrounded by a dense matrix of collagen and other tissue that shields them from immune cells and immunotherapies that have been effective in treating other cancers. Employing bacteria to infiltrate that cancerous fortification and deliver these drugs could aid treatment for pancreatic cancer, according to newly published findings from a team of University of Wisconsin–Madison researchers.

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