Nanoparticles Deliver Drugs Directly Into Cancer Cells (IMAGE)
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Biomedical engineering researchers from North Carolina State University and the University of North Carolina have developed a new technique that uses adenosine-5'-triphosphate (the so-called 'energy molecule') to trigger the release of anti-cancer drugs directly into cancer cells. The spherical nanoparticles are coated with a shell that incorporates hyaluronic acid, which interacts with proteins found on the surface of some cancer cells. The nanoparticle is filled with DNA molecules that release anti-cancer drug doxorubicin when they come into contact with the adenosine-5'-triphosphate inside a cancer cell.
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Ran Mo
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