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New tools to boost the delivery of drugs to cancer tumours

02.05.2018 Health Problems

The treatment of cancer tumours is made complex by their microenvironment and the abnormalities of the blood vessels sustaining them. The EU-funded NeoNaNo project has developed methods to improve drug delivery to tumours and improve the efficacy of anticancer therapy. Drug delivery to tumours is difficult. The blood vessels they depend on are abnormally structured, heterogeneously distributed and relatively poorly […]

Technology used to map Mars now measuring effect of treatment on tumours

24.04.2018 Health Problems

A machine learning approach for assessing images of the craters and dunes of Mars, which was developed at The University of Manchester, has now been adapted to help scientists measure the effects of treatments on tumours. Because tumours are not uniform and different parts of them change at varying speeds, it is difficult for researchers to see what effects their […]