TEM View (IMAGE)

Duke University

TEM View

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This is an image of the newly repackaged pharmaceutical under a transmission electron microscope. The dark spots are the water-insoluble cores of the nanoparticles, while the peptide chains are barely visible due to their low electron density and high degree of hydration.

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Ashutosh Chilkoti, Duke University

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