Chicken feathers to deliver chemotherapy drugs and repair enzymes

Chicken feathers to deliver chemotherapy drugs and repair enzymes

A new method of drug delivery using proline, an amino acid found in chicken feathers and skin tissue, could be used to limit the side effects of chemotherapy and repair important enzymes, new research suggests. Published in the journal Chem, researchers have designed a cage (a box made of single molecules) from biologically compatible peptides, … Read more