The Elegant Solution: Tumour Trojan Horse

Series

Series Name: Living Tomorrow

Issue

Issue No.

145

Date Released

1974

Length of issue (in feet)

513

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 4

Summary

COI synopsis: Certain scientific developments have an immediate appeal - an appeal based on their inherent elegance. This issue looks at four ideas in science which, echoing the elegance that dominates the natural world, offer us an "elegant solution". An elegant principle for getting anti-cancer drugs to the right target. The drug is enveloped in micro-capsules of fat, and only as these are devoured by the rapidly dividing cancer cells do they release their deadly cargo.

Keywords

Health and medicine; Science and technology; Inventions and discoveries

Written sources

COI Microfilm Roll 51 [BFI National Archive]
COI Microfilm Roll 54 [BFI National Archive] Used for synopsis

COI Reference

MI 1458/145

Credits:

Sponsor: Central Office of Information (COI)
Sponsor: Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Cutter: Peter Day

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