Genetically engineered algae kills 90% of cancer cells without harming healthy cells

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Algae has been genetically engineered to kill cancer cells without harming healthy cells. The algae nanoparticles, created by scientists in Australia, were found to kill 90% of cancer cells in cultured human cells. The

algae was also successful at killing cancer in mice with tumours.

Diatom algae is a type of tiny, unicellular, photosynthesising algae. It measures just four to six micrometres in diameter and is enclosed within a porous skeleton made of silica. Because chemotherapeutic drugs are

often toxic to healthy tissue, the researchers were able to hide the drugs inside the algae.Read more... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5Fw4SsubnU&list=PLK2ccNIJVPpBTWAazlaPhTdWJcj0gtcPJ

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2015-11-28 01:15
Genetically engineered algae kills 90% of cancer cells without harming healthy cells
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