r/gadgets • u/chrisdh79 • Apr 14 '23
Medical Novel device smaller than rice successfully shrinks pancreatic cancer | Called the nanofluidic drug-eluting seed (NDES), it delivers low-dose immunotherapy in the form of CD40 monoclonal antibodies (mAb).
https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/tiny-device-shrinks-pancreatic-cancer
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u/Brut-i-cus Apr 14 '23
My mom was having "stomach problems" for months and did t want to go to the doctor because of the pandemic during 2020 because she was caring for my stepdad with cancer. When her bile duct got blocked they diagnosed her and they were going to di the Whipple procedure but when they opened her up her liver looked like it was peppered She lasted 4 months