Friday 25 October 2013

Study identifies safe delivery system for tricky yet potent anti-cancer cancer compound

Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have discovered a way to effectively deliver staurosporine, a powerful anti-cancer compound that has vexed researchers for more than 30 years due to its instability in the blood and toxic nature in both healthy and cancerous cells. Read more here.

Study mentioned: Mukthavaram R, et al. High-efficiency liposomal encapsulation of a tyrosine kinase inhibitor leads to improved in vivo toxicity and tumor response profile. International Journal of Nanomedicine. Published Date October 2013 Volume 2013:8(1) Pages 3991 - 4006

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