Tiny extracts of a precious metal used widely in industry could play a vital role in new cancer therapies.
Tiny extracts of a precious metal used widely in industry could play a vital role in new cancer therapies.
Researchers have found a way to dispatch minute fragments of palladium – a key component in motor manufacture, electronics and the oil industry – inside cancerous cells.
Scientists have long known that the metal, used in catalytic converters to detoxify exhaust, could be used to aid cancer treatment but, until now, have been unable to deliver it to affected areas.
A molecular shuttle system that targets specific cancer cells has been created by a team at the University of Edinburgh and the Universidad de Zaragoza in Spain.
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