Dr. Jagannathan Sankar and his team of scientists at the Center for Advanced Materials and Smart Structures (CAMSS) at NC A&T are working on a slew of problems more important than stained ties. For example, some scientists are looking for new ways to treat breast cancer using nanotechnology. Chemotherapy sends powerful medicines throughout the entire body, often making people receiving the treatment sick and weak from the side effects. But Sankar and other scientists at CAMSS envision a therapy that targets and destroys only individual cancer cells. This type of localized treatment would spare the healthy cells in the body from undergoing the same treatment as the cancerous tissue. Targeted drug delivery like this could revolutionize the way doctors treat illnesses.
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