Scientists have developed hybrid sperms that can deliver a cancer drug directly to a cervical tumours, an approach that could help treat the deadly disease with minimum side effects.
German researchers packaged a common cancer drug, doxorubicin, into bovine sperm cells and outfitted them with magnetic harnesses.
Using a magnetic field, a sperm-hybrid motor was guided to a lab-grown tumour of cervical cancer cells. When the harness arms pressed against the tumour, the arms opened up, releasing the sperm.
The sperm then swam into the tumour, fused its membrane with that of a cancer cell, and released the drug.
Hybrid sperms used in therapy
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