Nanoparticle 'smart bomb' targets drug delivery to cancer cells

Thursday, February 12, 2009 - 14:14 in Biology & Nature

Researchers at North Carolina State University have successfully modified a common plant virus to deliver drugs only to specific cells inside the human body, without affecting surrounding tissue. These tiny "smart bombs" - each one thousands of times smaller than the width of a human hair - could lead to more effective chemotherapy treatments with greatly reduced, or even eliminated, side effects.

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