Nanoparticles Smuggle Drugs into Cancer Cells Before Triggering Release (IMAGE)

North Carolina State University

Nanoparticles Smuggle Drugs into Cancer Cells Before Triggering Release

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Biomedical engineering researchers have developed an anti-cancer drug delivery method that essentially smuggles the drug into a cancer cell before triggering its release. Details on the process are available at http://news.ncsu.edu/releases/gu-liposome-2014/.

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Ran Mo

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