Polytech scientists, as part of a research team under the #Priority2030 program, have developed a method to reduce the side effects of cancer therapy.
👉 Why do side effects occur?
Toxic anti-cancer drugs affect not only the tumor but also healthy cells. This is why chemotherapy is accompanied by side effects like hair loss, nausea, and fatigue.
👉 What is the researchers' solution?
Using nanoparticles as containers for the active substance to deliver it precisely to the target – the tumor.
Creating a super-coating for them made of lecithin – a substance that makes up 30% of our brain. This biocompatible coating won't trigger an immune response and will make the nanoparticles less "detectable" to healthy cells.
Read more about the research here.
Photo © Getty Images / Christoph Burgstedt
👉 Why do side effects occur?
Toxic anti-cancer drugs affect not only the tumor but also healthy cells. This is why chemotherapy is accompanied by side effects like hair loss, nausea, and fatigue.
👉 What is the researchers' solution?
Using nanoparticles as containers for the active substance to deliver it precisely to the target – the tumor.
Creating a super-coating for them made of lecithin – a substance that makes up 30% of our brain. This biocompatible coating won't trigger an immune response and will make the nanoparticles less "detectable" to healthy cells.
Read more about the research here.
Photo © Getty Images / Christoph Burgstedt
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🔥 YOU DEFINITELY DIDN'T KNOW THIS.
SPbPU scientists just watched nanocrystals grow inside glass in real time — for the first time ever. No magic, just physics and a smart optical trick.
X‑rays used to be useless here: tiny crystals got lost in the glass haze. But our team tracked them via their optical "fingerprint" — from 7 to 12 nanometers. That's 10,000 times thinner than a hair!
Why? To build ultra‑bright LEDs and lasers. The catch: perovskites degrade in air. But sealed inside glass, they're bulletproof. And now we can control their size — and therefore their glow color.
This isn't sci‑fi. This is Polytech. And the next breakthrough? That could be you.
#Priority2030
SPbPU scientists just watched nanocrystals grow inside glass in real time — for the first time ever. No magic, just physics and a smart optical trick.
X‑rays used to be useless here: tiny crystals got lost in the glass haze. But our team tracked them via their optical "fingerprint" — from 7 to 12 nanometers. That's 10,000 times thinner than a hair!
Why? To build ultra‑bright LEDs and lasers. The catch: perovskites degrade in air. But sealed inside glass, they're bulletproof. And now we can control their size — and therefore their glow color.
This isn't sci‑fi. This is Polytech. And the next breakthrough? That could be you.
#Priority2030
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