By Using Quantum Dots To Deliver Vitamin D To Tumors Inflammatory Breast Cancer Treatment May Be Possible

Wednesday, Aug. 21st 2013 8:06 AM

The shortened daylight of a Maine winter may make for long, dark nights – but it has shone a light on a novel experimental approach to fighting inflammatory breast cancer (IBC), an especially deadly form of breast cancer. The new approach enlists the active form of Vitamin D3, called calcitriol, which is delivered therapeutically by quantum dots. Quantum dots are an engineered light-emitting nanoscale delivery vehicle.

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