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Targeting drugs to tumors has been a key goal of cancer pharmacology for decades. Newer technologies such as monoclonal antibodies engineered to target tumors, as well as liposomal or nanoparticle drug carriers, represent important steps toward this goal, but they have limitations. A recent study by Cheong and colleagues¹ provides a new twist on tumor-targeted drugs: the authors use bacteria to release liposomal drugs within the tumor (Figure 1).

View larger version (64K):   Figure 1. Targeting Drugs to Tumors with Bacteria. Cheong et al.1 recently described a new strategy of targeting cancer using mouse models. Doxil (liposomal doxorubicin) is administered to tumor-bearing animals previously . . . [Full Text of this Article]

 

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From the Department of Pharmacology and the Carolina Center of Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

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