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Indian American Student Discovers an Effective Cancer Treatment Method
By siliconindia
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Thursday, 11 April 2013, 00:43 IST
Bangalore: Arjun Nair, an Indian American student has recently come up with a promising study in the field of cancer, which has helped him earn recognition from all over.
An ineffective experimental cancer therapy known as Cancer "photothermal therapy" -- or PTT was developed by a Canadian high school student. According to this new method of treatment nanoparticles of gold had to be injected to the patient, which would attack the cancer cells when heated.
Even though the idea was quite promising, the fact that cancer cells fight back, made it ineffective.
It is at this point, Arjun Nair came out with his finding to make the treatment more effective. He explained how an antibiotic can overcome the defensive mechanism by cancer cells.
He worked on the concept at the University of Calgary's Nanoscience Labs in Alberta for 2 years and he also earned top prize in the 20th Sanofi BioGENEius Challenge Canada.
"Proof-of-concepts were developed and tested in order to demonstrate the viability of PTT," Nair said in a statement. "Moreover, after analyzing the literature a mathematical model was developed to evaluate a theoretical synergetic treatment."
Nair told AFP in an interview that his grandmother was a cancer patient and he also added "she suffered a lot through therapy, so I was looking at cancer in general and read a lot about treatments," he said.
Nair won a Can$5,000 (US$4,919) award for his discovery along with a Can$1,000 (US$984) prize for the project.
"It's the start of a fantastic research career for this young man," said Jon Fairest, president of biotech Sanofi Canada after honouring Nair with the awards.
Nair intends to continue working on the new method of treatment, since the commercialization of the therapy demands more work.
An ineffective experimental cancer therapy known as Cancer "photothermal therapy" -- or PTT was developed by a Canadian high school student. According to this new method of treatment nanoparticles of gold had to be injected to the patient, which would attack the cancer cells when heated.
Even though the idea was quite promising, the fact that cancer cells fight back, made it ineffective.
It is at this point, Arjun Nair came out with his finding to make the treatment more effective. He explained how an antibiotic can overcome the defensive mechanism by cancer cells.
He worked on the concept at the University of Calgary's Nanoscience Labs in Alberta for 2 years and he also earned top prize in the 20th Sanofi BioGENEius Challenge Canada.
"Proof-of-concepts were developed and tested in order to demonstrate the viability of PTT," Nair said in a statement. "Moreover, after analyzing the literature a mathematical model was developed to evaluate a theoretical synergetic treatment."
Nair told AFP in an interview that his grandmother was a cancer patient and he also added "she suffered a lot through therapy, so I was looking at cancer in general and read a lot about treatments," he said.
Nair won a Can$5,000 (US$4,919) award for his discovery along with a Can$1,000 (US$984) prize for the project.
"It's the start of a fantastic research career for this young man," said Jon Fairest, president of biotech Sanofi Canada after honouring Nair with the awards.
Nair intends to continue working on the new method of treatment, since the commercialization of the therapy demands more work.