In what could be termed as a major breakthrough in cancer treatment, researchers in Australia are working on a new technique that professes to slash the grim but inevitable effects of conventional treatment such as hair loss, vomiting, and irritated mucous membrane.
According to researchers, the ‘smart-bomb’ will relieve cancer sufferers of their trauma sans the adverse effects that are part and parcel of the traditional chemotherapy treatment presently practiced.
Associate Professor Wei Duan at the Deakin University, who heads the project in collaboration with scientists in India stated, "Cancer cells are particularly difficult to kill as they contain so-called cancer stem cells, the root or seed cancer cells that are resistant to drugs.
