Frank van Veggel
Canada's academic stars to converge on Victoria
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US patent awarded to fight cancer
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Patent approved for cancer-fighting process
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Royal Society of Canada scientists, scholars and artists from across the country will converge on the Fairmont Empress Hotel in downtown Victoria on Nov. 26-28 for the society’s
annual general meeting.
Chemistry professor Dr. Frank van Veggel likes to work with extremely small particles and very big ideas. He’s developed a process whereby nanoparticles, each 10 times smaller than
a speck of dust, could someday assist oncologists better identify and target cancerous tumours and, in some cases, eliminate the need for painful and potentially dangerous
biopsies.
A new process developed at the University of Victoria that will help oncologists better identify and target cancerous tumours has been granted a US patent.