Nanotechnology Drug Delivery
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Nemours Center for Childhood Cancer Research and the Materials Science and Engineering Department at the University of Delaware have been doing research on nanotechnology used to deliver chemotherapeutic drugs to cancer cells without harming the healthy cells surrounding them. They encapsulated the drugs in dexamethasone and they have seen an improvement in the health and lifestyle of the patients treated with the encapsulated drugs. The problem with desamethasone is that long term exposure to the drug has considerable side effects. So Nemours added polymeric nanoparticles which control the movement of the drugs to cancer cells only. This is particularly useful in treatment of children with leukemia.
I am interested in this because I recently applied for a therapeutical engineering job and could one day be working with and perfecting this model to help children in need.
Nemours Center for Childhood Cancer Research and the Materials Science and Engineering Department at the University of Delaware have been doing research on nanotechnology used to deliver chemotherapeutic drugs to cancer cells without harming the healthy cells surrounding them. They encapsulated the drugs in dexamethasone and they have seen an improvement in the health and lifestyle of the patients treated with the encapsulated drugs. The problem with desamethasone is that long term exposure to the drug has considerable side effects. So Nemours added polymeric nanoparticles which control the movement of the drugs to cancer cells only. This is particularly useful in treatment of children with leukemia.
I am interested in this because I recently applied for a therapeutical engineering job and could one day be working with and perfecting this model to help children in need.
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