BrachySil kills cancer cells

http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200410/s1225290.htm

Not a cure for cancer, but this injectable chip kills the malignant cells. From the site:

The spokeswoman says clinical trials on eight patients at the government-run Singapore General Hospital have shown its is capable of killing malignant cells within a 1.5 centimetre radius.

She says five of eight patients involved in the trials have seen their tumours shrink by between 11 and 60 per cent.

The doctors adapted the porous and biodegradable silicon chip, first developed by Britain’s Defence Ministry, for the treatment.

BrachySil is owned by pSiVida, a listed company in Australia dedicated to biomedics and nanotechnology.

There are now plans for a six-month trial involving 30-40 patients from Asia and New Zealand next year.

If successful, BrachySil could be on the market by 2007 and developed to treat other inoperable solid cancers.

Note to self - haven’t heard of BrachySil openly, and 2007 has come and gone…