Contact: Michael Bernstein
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American Chemical Society
Caption: Gold nanoparticles, the bright structures attached to the cultured human cell in this electron microscope image, are among the ultra-small technologies that may help improve the diagnosis and treatment of cancer in the future.
Credit: Dr. Catherine C. Berry; National Science Foundation
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