pHLIP, a novel technology to locate and treat tumors

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pHLIP accumulation in a mouse breast tumor grown on the right flank of a mouse. Credit: EngelmanReshtnyak
pHLIP accumulation in a mouse breast tumor grown on the right flank of a mouse. Credit: Engelman/Reshtnyak

Research teams at Yale University and the University of Rhode Island have demonstrated a new way to target and potentially treat tumors using a short piece of protein that acts like a nanosyringe to deliver “tags” or therapy to cells, according to a report in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.


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