Indian, Australian experts working on new cancer treatment
By IANSFriday, January 7, 2011
SYDNEY - A team of Indian and Australian researchers is developing new tools for improved identification and treatment of cancer.
Wei Duan, associate professor at Deakin University, who led the Australian team, said the project looked into newer methods, using nano-therapeutics and molecular diagnostics, for detection and treatment of human cancers.
Nano-therapeutics is the use of nanotechnology in healing.
Early detection of cancer could lead to better outcomes and improved survival rates and quality of life, according to an Australian government statement.
Duan said such projects, funded by the Australia-India Strategic Research Fund (AISRF) are an endeavour in long-term collaboration with Indian scientists.
The AISRF was established in 2006 to facilitate and support science and technology research cooperation between Australia and India.
“This research could provide the basis of an imaging tool for detecting very small tumours (also),” said Duan.
Duan’s team is aiming to apply the findings from this project into oncology clinics in the near future.
Oncology is the branch of medicine that deals with tumours.
