Explainer: what is nanomedicine and how can it improve childhood cancer treatment?
- Written by Maria Kavallaris, Professor, Children's Cancer Institute
Therapies on a nano scale rely on engineered nanoparticles designed to package and deliver drugs to exactly where they’re needed.from shutterstock.comA recent US study of people treated for cancer as children from the 1970s to 1999 showed that although survival rates have improved over the years, the quality of life for survivors is low. It...
