A polymer structure, much like scaffolds used to support or repair buildings, could trigger more breakthroughs in cancer research. Medical researchers have developed three-dimensional scaffolds made from porous polymers to mimic the environment in which cancer tumors grow in a human body. Cancer cells can then be grown in that structure — outside the body [...]
Radioactive Polymer Kills Tumors
November 26, 2012 By 2 Comments
A specially formulated radioactive polymer has shown to be more effective at controlling tumors than traditional methods of implanting radioactive devices next to the cancer site, a team of scientists at Duke University have found. Wenge Liu and his colleagues tested a thermally responsive radioactive peptide polymer solution by putting it next to tumor cells [...]
Polymer Nanoparticles Prohibit Growth of Tumor Cells
June 7, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Researchers have developed a method using polymer nanoparticles that that can prohibit the growth of tumor cells. The scientists at Harvard University coated the polymer nanoparticles with therapeutic antibodies that interfere with the body’s ability to produce what is called the extracellular matrix, a structural scaffolding of proteins and polysaccharides that gives tumor cells a [...]
BPA Substitutes Could Cause Health Effects, Too
May 29, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Updated regulatory screening for endocrine disruptors is needed on a particular alternative to BPA (bisphenol A) because the substitute may have similar health effects as the latter chemical, and people can have significant exposure to it, some scientists are saying. Manufacturers put BPA into plastics, and paper companies use it in the ink of heat-sensitive [...]
