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Cutting-Edge Carriers Deliver Controllable Cancer Chemotherapy

New System Could Boost Treatment Effectiveness and Curb Side Effects

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Cancer kills more than half a million men, women, and children each year in the U.S, and chemotherapy is only slightly more discriminating than the disease it treats. As a result, many cancer treatments kill cells throughout the body and cause severe side effects. New IRP research could solve this problem by creating a way to release those toxic compounds only when and where doctors desire.

Biomedical Innovation at NIH — Then and Now

Display titled “Then and Now” that shows progressive stages of various biomedical technologies

To paraphrase President Obama from his guest editorial in the November issue of Wired magazine, there’s never been a better time to be alive. One NIH institute leading us into the future is the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB), which supports avant-garde investigators at the nexus of engineering and the physical and life sciences with innovations that improve global health.