Biodegradable silica?
Ever wonder where cancer researchers get samples to
experiment on? Well, me neither, but
maybe I should have. It appears that
they grow them on mice, but that takes time (like, weeks), and mice cost significant money (like, dozens of bucks per). Now some smart people in Japan, France, and
Saudi Arabia (!) have shown that ovarian tumors can be grown on embryonic chickens
(e.g., eggs) quickly, and at a fraction the cost. Furthermore, they have
experimented with killing the tumors using “biodegradable silica nanoparticles”. This seems to work, but leaves me scratching
my head: how in heck can something made of silica (think, sand) be
biodegradable?
Maybe Saudi Arabia is the source of the sand.
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-06/ku-ams060118.php
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