<![CDATA[Sperm Used to Deliver Chemotherapy to Lab-Grown Cancer Cells]]>
Sperm Used to Deliver Chemotherapy to Lab-Grown Cancer Cells

“One of the biggest problems with today’s cancer treatments is their toxicity. Though they’re designed to be particularly effective against rogue cells, they often have horrible side effect.

But now, researchers may have found a unique way to target gynecological cancers: sperm.

The researchers—led by Mariana Medina-Sánchez from the Institute for Integrative Nanosciences in Germany—drench the little swimmers in the chemotherapy doxorubicin. Then they force the sperm into iron-coated harnesses, which allow the researchers to steer the swimmers once they’re inside the body…”

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