Scientists developed a New Technique to reduce the Side Effects of Chemotherapy

Scientists developed a new technique to reduce the harmful side effects of chemotherapy. The new technique blocks an oxygen-sensitive enzyme and streamlines the blood flow by combining the specific PHD2 inhibitors with the chemotherapy. Inhibiting PHD2 results in the production of anti-oxidant enzymes were able to neutralise the harmful side effects of chemotherapy. The better formed blood vessels ensure that the anticancer drugs are distributed throughout the tumour, which increases their impact.

In Chemotherapy, anti- cancer drugs are not easily delivered to the actual tumour because leaking blood vessels prevent anti-cancer drugs from reaching tumourb cells while promoting metastasis. Moreover, chemotherapy can adversely affect healthy organs, resulting into heart and kidney failure.