Cancer Stem-Cell-Targeting Nanoparticles (IMAGE)

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, News Bureau

Cancer Stem-Cell-Targeting Nanoparticles

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Illinois researchers developed nanoparticles that can target cancer stem cells (yellow), the rare cells within a tumor (blue) that can cause cancer to recur or spread.

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Image courtesy of Dipanjan Pan

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