Short Nanotubes Target Pancreatic Cancer (IMAGE)

Rice University

Short Nanotubes Target Pancreatic Cancer

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Laser confocal microscopy images show nanotubes combined with polyethyleneimine and fluorescent tags can be taken up by pancreatic cancer cells. The left image shows nanotubes with rhodamine B dye in the cells; the center image shows a DAPI-stained cell and the right image combines the two.

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Enrico Andreoli/Rice University

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