This 'steemit post' is an excerpt from the Free Bullion Investment Guide's latest Gold Nanoparticle Cancer Research News release.
The medical research articles in the news report have been summarized to make the subject matter a little more understandable.
Building Smart Drugs with Gold Nanoparticles
Scientists from the University of Lincoln in the United Kingdom has developed a new way to make drugs smarter by specifically using gold nanoparticles.
These drugs can be 'tailor made' to target different types of cancer cells by using specific proteins (a.k.a - anti-bodies) that are attracted to cancer.
The new method enables researchers to coat the gold nanoparticles with layers of cancer-fighting drugs and proteins.
The method of layering drugs and proteins to gold nanoparticles maintains the integrity of the cancer-fighting drug to keep it from degrading in the bloodstream, which is what happens under normal conditions.
In addition, due to the small size of the gold nanoparticles and their inert capabilities, they've shown that they can easily overcome biological barriers such as cell membranes, which often prevent cancer drugs from reaching their intended targets.
Dr. Enrico Ferrari, who led the study, and is a nanobiotechnologist from the University of Lincoln's School of Life Sciences, stated the following about using Gold Nanoparticles in this research.
"Gold nanoparticles are a vital tool in new drug development and drug delivery systems. We have unlocked the key to binding proteins and molecules so that those drugs will be more effective."
"This method might help to design nanomedicines that do not need extensive chemical modification of a protein drug or a nano-carrier and therefore can be developed more easily and faster." - Dr. Enrico Ferrari - University of Lincoln's School of Life Sciences.
See the full article here: Nanomedicine: Drugs can be made 'smarter' - Science Daily
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