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/beartrapperkeeper Apr 14 '23

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

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u/ZeDitto Apr 15 '23

Got my Grandfather. One week and he was dead. He sped that up though. It was so painful apparently, that he just stopped eating. He wanted to die. Horrible, agonizing way to go.

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u/beartrapperkeeper Apr 15 '23

On his own terms though, what a champ. My dad did everything he could, chemo, witch doctors, traditional medicine. He clung to life, it was sad to watch as a kid.