This sugar-coated therapy boosted survival against deadly brain cancer by 50% in mice

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A new experimental treatment may have found a way to outsmart glioblastoma’s toughest defense: the blood-brain barrier. Researchers used sugar-coated nanoparticles to ferry genetic instructions that restore a key tumor-suppressing protein directly into brain cancer cells. In mouse studies, the therapy increased median survival by 50% while shrinking tumors without noticeable damage to other organs.

Source: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2 ... 083542.htm
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