The exposure of healthy cells to chemotherapy drugs diminishes their therapeutic effects and causes harmful side effects. Now researchers have demonstrated targeted controlled release of the drug gemcitabine, which is already widely used against non-small cell lung, pancreatic, bladder and breast cancers. The magnetic-field-induced heating used to control the release can also be used for thermal therapy, providing a double-stranded attack against malignant tumour cells……
http://nanotechweb.org/cws/article/tech/63920
