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Wednesday, 16 April 2014

Drug-delivering nanoparticles pose a triple threat to cancer

MIT's new nanoparticle carries three cancer-fighting drug molecules — doxorubicin is red, ...


Delivering drugs that can knock out tumor cells within the body, without causing adverse side effects, is a tricky busines. It's why scientists have taken to engineering new and creative types of nanoparticles that do the job. Increasing a nanoparticle's ability to carry more drugs expands treatment options, but creating nanoparticles capable of delivering more than one or two drugs has proven difficult – until now. Scientists at MIT report creating a revolutionary building block technique that's enabled them to load a nanoparticle with three drugs. The approach, they say, could be expanded to allow a nanoparticle to carry hundreds more. .. Continue Reading Drug-delivering nanoparticles pose a triple threat to cancer



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