An interdisciplinary team of scientists from KU Leuven, the University of Bremen, the Leibniz Institute of Materials Engineering, and the University of Ioannina has succeeded in killing tumour cells in mice using nano-sized copper compounds together with immunotherapy. After the therapy, the cancer did not return.
Recent advances in cancer therapy use one’s own immunity to fight the cancer. However, in some cases, immunotherapy has proven unsuccessful.
The team of biomedical researchers, physicists, and chemical engineers found that tumours are sensitive to copper oxide nanoparticles - a compound composed of copper and oxygen. Once inside a living organism, these nanoparticles dissolve and become toxic. ...
