Jul 14 2008
Distillers Grains May Aid in Cancer Treatment
Omathanu Perumal and his team in SDSU’s Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences have been working with submicroscopic particles to deliver medications using the corn protein, zein, which is found in distillers grains. Zein differs from other proteins in its ability to prevent water absorption, and will likely have applications in delivering site-specific cancer treatment drugs.
