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Scientists harness molecular 'transporter' to boost drug delivery prowess

Scientists have decoded the structure of a transporter molecule, and think they can design more targeted chemotherapy and anti-viral drugs that the molecule will recognize and carry to a tumor, without hurting healthy tissue.

Immunomedics promotes 2 cancer treatments to later-stage trials

Immunomedics ($IMMU) has generated mostly promising data from two new lymphoma treatments that use the company's "Dock-and-Lock" targeted drug delivery technology. The company describes the DNL tech,

Drug coupled with peptide delivers targeted tumor treatment

There might be a way to make a cancer drug more effectively deliver its tumor attack without harming healthy cells. Researchers at the Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute believe combining the...

Probe of HIV peptide leads to drug-delivery clues

Scientists have known for years that HIV's "Tat" peptide can smuggle a variety of cargoes such as DNA fragments and small molecules into cells, making it useful in the design of drug-delivery

MIT's Langer discusses targeted drug delivery

Legendary MIT Professor Robert Langer recently talked to EarthSky about targeted drug delivery and the future of medicine. Among the many activities going on in the Langer Lab is the development of