Cancer is a very clever, adaptable disease. To defeat it, says medical researcher and educator Paula Hammond, we need a new and powerful mode of attack. With her colleagues at MIT, Hammond engineered a nanoparticle one-hundredth the size of a human hair that can treat the most aggressive, drug-resistant cancers. Learn more about this molecular superweapon and join Hammond's quest to fight a disease that affects us all.

A new superweapon in the fight against cancer

Aggressive, drug-resistant cancers can outsmart even the most advanced treatments by using genetic mutations to survive. A new approach uses molecular engineering to create nanoparticles, one one-hundredth the width of a human hair, designed to slip past the body’s defenses and attack tumors from within. In animal trials with triple-negative breast cancer, these nanoparticles not only halted tumor growth but even caused tumors to shrink or disappear. The strategy offers hope for personalizing cancer treatment and tackling even the toughest cases.

Tiny Nanoparticles Take On Cancer’s Biggest Supervillains

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Paula Hammond: A new superweapon in the fight against cancer