#1801Medicine & HealthFront Page1 January 2026
A Shape-Shifting Gel: New Hope for Intravesical Bladder Cancer Treatment
Researchers have developed a temperature-sensitive hydrogel that solidifies inside the bladder to prevent drugs from washing away. This system delivers nanoparticles that exploit a specific metabolic defect in cancer cells, turning their own fuel reserves into toxic compounds to trigger self-destruction.
By Xu, Du, Zhao, Fu, Zhang, Zheng, Zhao, Meng, Liu, Lv, Qin, Geng, Yu
