Achilles heel: Popular drug-carrying nanoparticles get trapped in bloodstream
Tuesday, February 5, 2013 - 12:01
in Physics & Chemistry
Many medically minded researchers are in hot pursuit of designs that will allow drug-carrying nanoparticles to navigate tissues and the interiors of cells, but University of Michigan engineers have discovered that these particles have another hurdle to overcome: escaping the bloodstream.
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