Magnetic field directs nanoparticles to tumors
Thursday, November 25, 2010 - 16:40
in Physics & Chemistry
(PhysOrg.com) -- To improve the tumor-specific delivery of drug to tumors, a team of investigators from the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) has created a system of nanoparticles-within-a-nanoparticle that can be directed to and concentrated at the site of tumor using a magnetic field.