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IMAGE: An ion pump can deliver cytostatics more accurately in the brain, which gives less severe adverse effects in chemotherapy. view more
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Despite surgery and subsequent treatment with chemotherapy and radiation, the majority of patients experience recurrence of malignant brain tumours. Researchers at Linköping University, Sweden, and the Medical University of Graz, Austria, have shown in cells in culture that an ion pump can deliver drugs more accurately, which gives less severe adverse effects in chemotherapy. The results have been published in Advanced Materials Technologies. This is the first time an ion pump has been tested as a possible method to treat malignant brain tumours. We used cancer cells in the lab, and the results are extremely promising. However, it will probably take five to ten years before we see this new technology used in treatments for brain tumours , says Daniel Simon, associate professor at the Laboratory of Or
Researchers develop proton trap for more precise drug delivery ANI | Updated: Jan 31, 2021 17:02 IST
Linkoping [Sweden], January 31 (ANI): During a recent study, researchers have developed a proton trap that makes organic electronic ion pumps more precise when delivering drugs.
This new finding will help in reducing drug side effects, and in the long term, they might help patients with symptoms of neurological diseases for which effective treatments are not available.
The result of the research which was conducted by the researchers from Linkoping University, Sweden, has been published in Science Advances .
Approximately 6 per cent of the world s population suffers from neurological diseases such as epilepsy, Parkinson s disease, and chronic pain. However, currently available drug delivery methods - mainly tablets and injections - place the drug in locations where it is not required. This can lead to side effects that harm the patient.
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IMAGE: Daniel Simon, associate professor in the Laboratory of Organic Electronics, Department of Science and Technology at Linköping University. view more
Credit: Thor Balkhed
Researchers at Linköping University, Sweden, have developed a proton trap that makes organic electronic ion pumps more precise when delivering drugs. The new technique may reduce drug side effects, and in the long term, ion pumps may help patients with symptoms of neurological diseases for which effective treatments are not available. The results have been published in
Science Advances.
Approximately 6% of the world s population suffer from neurological diseases such as epilepsy, Parkinson s disease, and chronic pain. However, currently available drug delivery methods - mainly tablets and injections - place the drug in locations where it is not required. This can lead to side effects that harm the patient.