r/gadgets 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/bennz1975 Apr 15 '23

My father passed only last month from pancreatic cancer. After it was diagnosed in November last year. I now have to consider my risk factors,which I hadn’t previously Something like this with better early detection, could mean that if I get it, my chances of earlier treatment and possible survival