Drug delivery systems (DDSs) control when and how much drugs are delivered to the body. Numerous DDS studies have been conducted but most have focused on treatments for cancer. New research from Kumamoto University uses a DDS to treat malaria. The existing treatment for malaria is taken orally and has three main problems: (1) most...
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Scientists combine antimalarial drug with light sensitive molecules for promising treatment of cancer
Artemisinin, a potent anti-malarial drug, has been widely hailed as a promising alternative cancer treatment. Scientists from the National University of Singapore (NUS) recently showed that its anti-cancer properties could be enhanced by 10 fold when used in combination with aminolevulinic acid (ALA), a photosensitiser which, upon exposure to light, leads to generation of free...