Duct Delivery (IMAGE)

Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard

Duct Delivery

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By injecting nanoparticles carrying a gene-silencing snippet of RNA directly into the nipple, Wyss Institute scientists delivered this therapy to the entire milk-duct network, breast cancer first gets started.

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Silva Krause and Amy Brock

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Credit: Silva Krause and Amy Brock

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