“Trojan horse” to combat cancer – answers
questions
- What does the new therapy promise to do? destroy cancer cells without targeting healthy cells
- Why is the treatment called a Trojan Horse? because the drug is hidden in a mini cell which does its damage from within
- How successful has the experiment been with mice? 100% survival rate
- What does the cell not contain? a chromosome
- Why is this important? because it means there is no reproduction of the bacteria or any disease
- How does the particle in the sack work? it travels around the body until it finds it’s target
- What is the best part of this treatment? there are no toxic side effects
- What sort of treatment is required to cure cancer? one where toxic side effects are eliminated
- Name 3 other benefits of the therapy. it is cheap, easy to produce, requires smaller dosages and the patient will not have to stay in hospital for long
- Why did the team begin working on the project? because one of their colleagues died suddenly of lung cancer