Tuesday, November 24, 2009

What do you think of this topic?

I have decided that I will be writing about nanoparticles and how they can be used in drug and gene delivery. What is this? This is a very-very small -on the molecular scale -scientifically made -in the lab-particle that can be used to detect and kill cancer cells when injected into the bloodstream. I think this is great considering how cancer kills so many people and most people did not even know they had it until it was too late to treat. The treatment itself for cancer now has many side effects that can harm the patient, if you can stop this than that would benefit the patient as well. Chemotherapy is a tough treatment to go through on the hopes that it will work. I would like to see someday this type of treatment-nanoparticles- help in the fight against cancer.


How does this work? What scientist do is encode the particle with receptors that will bind to cancer cells only and destroy that cancer cell. They do not kill any good cells. WOW!

So, tell me what you think about this topic. Does it spark interest? On the other hand, is it too far advanced to want to read about? The one thing that I thought that would keep someone from reading about it was the fact that it is somewhat unknown to the public, it is known in the science community. This sometimes turns away readers because it is too complex to understand. I think I can bring some understanding of it with my research. Tell me what you think!

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