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Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Using gold in prostate cancer treatment

Believe it or not it looks like using gold nanoparticles to help treat prostate cancer may be on the cards.

Currently, large doses of chemotherapy are required when treating certain forms of cancer, resulting in toxic side effects. The chemicals enter the body and work to destroy or shrink the tumor, but also harm vital organs and drastically affect bodily functions. Now, scientists at the University of Missouri have demonstrated that a new form of prostate cancer treatment that uses radioactive gold nanoparticles, and was developed at MU, is safe to use in dogs. 

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