Omid Veiseh with bead-like implants (IMAGE)

Rice University

Omid Veiseh with bead-like implants

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Rice University bioengineer Omid Veiseh with a vial of bead-like implants his lab invented to serve as anti-cancer drug factories. Veiseh and colleagues showed the implants could eradicate ovarian and colorectal cancer in mice in as little as six days.

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"Jeff Fitlow/Rice University"

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