"Nano traditional Chinese medicine" is the first light of anti-cancer

Tripterygium wilfordii, a common Chinese medicine, has been processed to nanometer level Its physical and chemical properties and efficacy have changed dramatically It can treat tumors and has a strong targeting effect At the seminar on medical transformation of China Germany nanotechnology held yesterday, experts said that "nano traditional Chinese medicine" targeting anti-cancer is no inferior to western medicine, which is expected to benefit many cancer patients Three years ago, China and Germany launched the international cooperative scientific research project "targeted treatment of malignant tumors with nano Chinese medicine", to study the application of nano Chinese medicine in the treatment of cancer The Chinese side is participated by Wuhan Tongji Hospital, and the German side is the famous Biomedical Engineering Research Institute of franchfield Association, which adopts German nanotechnology to research and develop Tripterygium wilfordii According to reports, the existing anti-cancer methods are all "attacking poison with poison" Drugs concentrate on "destroying" tumor areas, killing tumor cells while damaging normal cells The treatment of "nano Chinese medicine" is to use nano technology to transport the effective ingredients, effective parts or extracts of traditional Chinese medicine to the patient's parts, accurately "hit" the tumor cells, and reduce the side effects At present, the research project has achieved initial results According to Professor Zou Shengquan, director of surgery of Tongji Hospital and head of the Chinese side, the scientific research team selected Tripterygium wilfordii as the traditional Chinese medicine, purified its active ingredient "a" with nanotechnology, and then used it in mice suffering from tumor It was found that the tumor in mice was significantly smaller China and Germany signed a cooperation agreement once again to explore the dosage of targeted treatment of tumor with nano Chinese medicine, control the "shooting power" to the best state, and improve the treatment effect.