Contact: Shanta Dhar
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University of Georgia

Researchers Fabricate Mitochondria-Targeting Nanoparticles

Caption: Shanta Dhar, right, an assistant professor of chemistry in the UGA Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, and doctoral student Sean Marrache have fabricated nanoparticles that boost the effectiveness of drugs by delivering them to the mitochondria of cells.

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