We discuss the exciting new development of Extracellular Vesicles and how they are an exciting treatment that have the possibility of replacing chemotherapy in Lung Cancer therapy in our video titled "Extracellular Vesicles to the Rescue!". We discuss how the immune system works, how extracellular vesicles work, as well as how they may be used in future Cancer therapy.

This #Shorts was made by McMaster students Karanvir Gill, Manvir Chima and Umama Zafran in collaboration with the McMaster Demystifying Medicine Program.

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References:
Xu, K., Zhang, C., Du, T., Gabriel, A. N. A., Wang, X., Li, X., ... & Zhang, Y. (2021). Progress of exosomes in the diagnosis and treatment of lung cancer. Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy, 134, 111111.

Zhao, X., Wu, D., Ma, X., Wang, J., Hou, W., & Zhang, W. (2020). Exosomes as drug carriers for cancer therapy and challenges regarding exosome uptake. Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy, 128, 110237.

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