- About 314,000 women around the world had ovarian cancer in 2020.
- There is currently no cure for ovarian cancer.
- Researchers from Tel Aviv University in Israel have unveiled a new potential treatment for ovarian cancer using RNA-based nanodrugs.
- They reported an 80% survival rate in animal models.
Ovarian cancer is the eighth most common cancer in women worldwide, affecting almost
There is currently no cure for ovarian cancer and doctors treat the condition with a combination of chemotherapy,
Now researchers from Tel Aviv University in Israel have unveiled a new potential treatment for ovarian cancer using
The study was recently published in the journal Science Advances.
Ovarian cancer occurs when cells near or inside the
There may not be any signs of ovarian cancer in its earliest stage. Some common symptoms of ovarian cancer include:
Anyone can get ovarian cancer. However, there are some risk factors that can increase a person’s chance of developing the disease. These include:
According to Dr. Sushmita Chatterjee, a postdoctoral fellow in the lab of Prof. Dan Peer at the Shmunis School of Biomedicine and Cancer Research at Tel Aviv University and lead author of this study, nanodrugs, such as lipid nanoparticles, have the ability to encapsulate short or long sequences of ribonucleic acids (RNA).
“RNAs can perform various functions; [for instance,] short RNA can silence
Dr. Chatterjee said an
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