DNA-Based Drug Delivery System (IMAGE)

North Carolina State University

DNA-Based Drug Delivery System

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Biomedical engineering researchers have developed a drug delivery system consisting of nanoscale "cocoons" made of DNA that target cancer cells and trick the cells into absorbing the cocoon. Enzymes inside the cocoons (the "worms" in this image) are unleashed once inside the cell, destroying the cocoon and releasing anti-cancer drugs.

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Zhen Gu

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