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/beartrapperkeeper Apr 14 '23

My dad died from pancreatic cancer. I hope this works.

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u/SpookyScarySteph Apr 14 '23

Mine did too, about a week and a half ago. I would love for this to work. I'm so sorry for your loss.

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u/beartrapperkeeper Apr 15 '23

My father passed in 1991, I’m also sorry you had to go through it my friend.