Nanoparticle Therapy Targets Lymph Node Metastases (IMAGE)

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Nanoparticle Therapy Targets Lymph Node Metastases

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iClusters (red/blue/green circles) enter a tumor through the bloodstream (red vessels), then disassemble into smaller nanoparticle drugs (blue circles) that can pass through lymphatics (green vessels) into lymph nodes and kill metastases.

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<i>ACS Nano</i> <b>2019</b>, DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.9b03472

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Please credit <i>ACS Nano</i> <b>2019</b>, DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.9b03472.

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