Nanoparticles seek and destroy glioblastoma in mice

Monday, October 3, 2011 - 15:32 in Health & Medicine

Scientists have combined a tumor-homing peptide, a cell-killing peptide, and a nanoparticle. When administered to mice with glioblastoma that could not otherwise be treated, this new nanosystem eradicated most tumors in one model and significantly delayed tumor development in another.

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