Stripes key to nanoparticle drug delivery

Monday, June 9, 2008 - 10:56 in Physics & Chemistry

In work that could at the same time impact the delivery of drugs and explain a biological mystery, MIT engineers have created the first synthetic nanoparticles that can penetrate a cell without poking a hole in its protective membrane and killing it. The key to their approach? Stripes.

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