Anticancer Cluster Bombs (IMAGE)

Emory Health Sciences

Anticancer Cluster Bombs

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The particles start out large (100 nm) to enable smooth transport into the tumor through leaky blood vessels. Then, in acidic conditions found close to tumors, the particles discharge bomblets 5 nm in size. Inside tumor cells, a second chemical step activates cisplatin.

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Jinzhi Du/Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory

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