Treating cancer with nanoparticles and yoga
According to news reports, the nanoparticle targets tumour cells, while simultaneously sparing patients many of the upsetting side-effects of chemotherapy. Animal studies have indicated that the treatment can shrink tumours 'essentially to zero' and is better tolerated than conventional cancer treatments. The technology was developed by BIND Biosciences, which is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Meanwhile, Mrs Rainy Day points out that Donna Karan's Urban Zen foundation is working with the Beth Israel Medical Center in Manhattan to test yoga, meditation and aromatherapy treatments against cancer. Karan has put up $850,000 to fund research that will look for proof that alternative treatments can alleviate cancer symptoms like pain, nausea and anxiety. The alternative approaches are being used for one year to supplement conventional chemotherapy and radiation treatments. Because yoga, meditation and aromatherapy have been traditionally associated with lowering stress and relieving pain, they could play a role in reducing the length and cost of hospital stays.
