Today's well established standards of care for treating colon cancer are often associated with painful side effects. Team "PURE" was able to successfully design a painless oral drug that allows enough curcumin, a natural spice known to possess anticancer properties, to enter into the body's circulation. Since pectin, a substance extracted from the rind of citrus fruits, was used to encapsulate the curcumin, the drug is able to move past the stomach and react as desired within the colon.

Zach Crouse -- BioMolecular Engineering
Jenna Harvestine -- BioMolecular Engineering
Kiki Mahuta -- BioMolecular Engineering
Brandon Mikulski -- BioMolecular Engineering


Video Production: Sean Ali, Kayla Grogan, Kent Peterson, Kelsey Uuskallio, Patrick Zawadzki


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