OSU RESEARCH: A Less Damaging Way to Quell an Aggressive Pregnancy Related Cancer - The Corvallis Advocate

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OSU RESEARCH: A Less Damaging Way to Quell an Aggressive Pregnancy Related Cancer - The Corvallis Advocate

A new drug delivery system shows promise for treating a rare, aggressive form of cancer affecting pregnant women and new mothers, and it has potential with other cancers as well. Scientists led by Olena Taratula, a nanomedicine researcher at Oregon State University, have found a way to better ensure the drug used to combat the disease reaches tumor cells without damaging healthy tissue. Findings of the study into choriocarcinoma, which occurs in…