UMass Chan researchers can shrink tumors in mice; hope to do this to humans and save patients from pancreatic cancer
Pancreatic cancer is one of the deadliest forms, but new research could one day lead to lives being saved.
"If we are successful and we can engineer this correctly for the next generation, it could be quite transformative, we think," said Prabhani Atukorale, an assistant professor at UMass Amherst. “So we're attempting to build a 'smart therapy,' if you will," Atukorale said."Just like your smartphone." Out of the 10 trials, two remained tumor-free for a long time, and eight others' tumors had been significantly reduced.
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