Technology could help prevent life-threatening infections in patients receiving chemotherapy Date: April 3, 2018 Source: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Summary: Researchers have now developed a portable device that could be used to monitor patients’ white blood cell levels at home, without taking blood samples. MIT researchers have developed a way to measure white blood cell...
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Golden hitchhikers avoid cancer’s defences by riding on white blood cells
Researchers have found a way to let golden nanoparticles hitchhike on white blood cells, to get past a tumor’s defenses and attack from inside Cancer treatments could benefit from being more like a sniper and less like a shotgun blast. A new technique from Washington State University (WSU) is taking that approach, allowing doctors...
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