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MINSK, 21 March (BelTA) – Specialists from the Institute of Biophysics and Cell Engineering of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus (NASB), together with colleagues from Donghua University in Shanghai, China, have successfully completed a joint project focused on the development and testing of polymer nanoparticles for so-called sonodynamic cancer therapy, BelTA learned from the NASB press service.
The created nanoparticles proved capable of selectively accumulating in tumor cells when administered to mice. When exposed to ultrasound, the nanoparticles destroy the cancer cells. The therapy was also found to trigger an immune response against the malignant growth.
The results have been published in the high-impact journal Materials Today Bio.
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