Flu vaccine rates in kids dropped slightly during last year’s influenza season, according to a study from the Penn State College of Medicine, and it may be partly due to a recommendation from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention against the nasal spray vaccine, FluMist. When the nasal spray vaccine was first approved in […]
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Penn State researchers deliver melanoma drug combo using nanoparticles
Researchers from the Penn State College of Medicine developed a method to deliver a combination of drugs using nanoparticles in the hopes of preventing melanoma cancer cells from developing treatment-resistance. Their work was published in Molecular Cancer Therapeutics and Cancer Letters. The team’s CelePlum-777 localized around cancer tumors and delivered a specific ratio of an anti-inflammatory, Celecoxib, and a toxin, Plumbagin, […]