Mosco, Sept. 10 (Petra) -- Russian scientists at the National Medical Research Radiological Centre of the Ministry of Health have developed a new drug to treat liver cancer and metastatic lesions, Yuri Zubov, head of the Russian Federal Service for Intellectual Property (Rospatent), announced on Thursday.

Speaking at a press conference, Zubov explained that the pharmaceutical consists of serum albumin microspheres that become trapped within the tumor's blood supply, destroying liver cancer cells through targeted radiation delivery.

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