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Ionic liquid uniformly delivers chemotherapy to tumors while destroying cancerous tissue

February 16, 2021

Vascular and interventional radiologists report the development of a new ionic liquid formulation that killed cancer cells and allowed uniform distribution of a chemotherapy drug into liver tumors and other solid tumors in the lab. This discovery could solve a problem that has long plagued drug delivery to tumors. Read more from the Mayo Clinic.