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Cancer Drug Delivery Research at Case Western Reserve University Cuts Time From Days to Hours

July 23, 2008

Clemens Burda and studentResearchers at Case Western Reserve University have developed a technique that has the potential to deliver cancer-fighting drugs to diseased areas within hours, as opposed to the two days it currently takes for existing delivery systems. Full story

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