Nanoparticles disguised as red blood cells will deliver cancer-fighting drugs
Monday, June 20, 2011 - 17:30
in Health & Medicine
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego have developed a novel method of disguising nanoparticles as red blood cells, which will enable them to evade the body's immune system and deliver cancer-fighting drugs straight to a tumor. Their research will be published next week in the online Early Edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Read the whole article on Biology News Net
More from Biology News Net
Related
- Nanoparticles disguised as red blood cells will deliver cancer-fighting drugsMon, 20 Jun 2011, 19:32:33 EDT
- Researchers use nanoparticles to shrink tumors in miceFri, 9 Jul 2010, 10:29:52 EDT
- MU researchers show potential for new cancer detection and therapy methodThu, 22 Apr 2010, 19:12:44 EDT
- Safer nanoparticles spotlight tumors, deliver drugsSun, 22 Feb 2009, 13:29:51 EST
- UCLA scientists discover new way to wake up the immune system using nano vaults to deliver drugsTue, 3 May 2011, 17:36:08 EDT