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Today's brand-new-sentence headline: Eye drops made from pig semen deliver cancer treatment to mice (www.nature.com)
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Eye drops made from pig semen deliver cancer treatment to mice

Nature, Published online: 27 March 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00982-2

Minuscule particles with the ability to cross hard-to-penetrate barriers can be loaded with drug treatments to target intractable diseases.

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[-] Codpiece@feddit.uk 10 points 1 month ago

I think it’s important to know what the delivery method is. Are we talking a dropper, or you know, something else.

[-] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 month ago

why complicate things, if the delivery method is already provided by nature?

[-] SippyCup@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

I mean we could use an eye dropper... unless.....

[-] human@slrpnk.net 4 points 1 month ago

Sure, if you don't mind sub-optimal freshness. Some people are more refined than that though.

[-] lb_o@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

It is still a "dropper" in both cases.

[-] JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Maybe they tie the pig down first and beat him if he doesnt submit?

[-] P00ptart@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

An apple gag sounds appropriate.

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