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"A new drug being developed by scientists in New Mexico could change the way doctors fight cancer.Scientists hope a revolutionary new drug called protocells could make chemotherapy more effective, while eliminating its devastating side effects.\"One idea is that many drugs that would be of interest to make, all of them could be loaded into this particle,\" scientist Jeffery Brinker said.VIDEO:\u00A0New cancer treatment being studied in AlbuquerqueBrinker said some drugs can't get into the body because scientists can't find a way to get them into the bloodstream. But protocell could change all that and would go directly into the bloodstream.\"(Protocells) could deliver any drug to cancer,\" Brinker said.With such a direct approach, Brinker said the drug would negate nearly all the side effects of chemotherapy and give patients a much better quality of life.Protocell wouldn't be used to just treat cancer; it could be used to treat other diseases as well.\"There might be a drug, or combination of drugs, that would help you, that we could put this particle in some bottle, some combination that would be personal to you,\" Brinker said.Among other uses, Brinker said it could eventually allow military members to be vaccinated against chemical or biological weapons before they head into hostile territory.Brinker said animal testing is already underway. If all goes well, Brinker estimates the drug is about a decade away from being readily available. \u00A0"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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