Nanoparticle Cocktail Targets and Kills Tumors (PhysOrg)

A team of researchers from two of the National Cancer Institute’s Centers of Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence have teamed up to develop a “cocktail” of different nanometer-sized particles that work in concert within the bloodstream to locate, adhere to and kill cancerous tumors.
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This entry was posted on Thursday, January 14th, 2010 at 10:51 am and is filed under Technology.