Artificial antibody delivers nanoparticles to tumors (News-Medical-Net)

Antibodies that target epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) have proven themselves as potent anticancer drugs. Now, a team of investigators led by Shuming Nie, Ph.D., and Lily Yang, Ph.D., both at the Emory University School of Medicine and members of the Emory-Georgia Tech Nanotechnology Center for Personalized and Predictive Oncology, is aiming to capitalize on this targeting ability, using …
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This entry was posted on Monday, January 19th, 2009 at 10:29 am and is filed under Technology.