Moscow, May 19 -- Russian scientists are developing a new method of curing cancer, revealed Alexander Sobolev, corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences and head of RAS' Molecular Genetics of Intracellular Transport laboratory.

The researchers, Sobolev told Scientific Russia magazine, have developed artificial protein molecules that can "identify" cancerous cells and enter these cells' nuclei via intracellular transport mechanisms.

These artificial molecules could potentially be used to carry toxic agents such as radioactive isotopes that would ensure the destruction of cancerous cells with minimal risk of affecting neighboring non-cancerous cells.

Dubbed "modular nanotransporters", these tiny cells consist of several modul...