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Nano Cargo Ships May Lead to Ubiquitous In Vivo Transportation

Posted on September 22, 2008

Research scientists from UC San Diego, UC Santa Barbara, and MIT have developed tiny lipid micelles, that they call nano container ships, that are capable of delivering both imaging agents and therapeutic drugs directly to strategic sites within the body, while avoiding an attack from the host's immune system.The researchers designed the hull of the ships to evade detection by constructing them of specially modified lipids--a primary component of the surface of natural cells. The lipids were modified in such a way as to enable them to circulate in the bloodstream for many hours before being el...

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