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Blinged-Out Fat Blob Nanotrucks for Targeted Drug Delivery

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Apr 152014
 

 

Targeted drug delivery is a popular area of research that melds together the disciplines of chemistry, medicine, and materials. The basic idea is to develop ways to give a person adose of medicine and somehow get that medicine to go to exactly the part of the body that needs it most – and preferably nowhere else. An article recently published in JACSdescribes a clever method of antibiotic delivery that involves fat blobs, gold particles, and their interaction with the toxins released by infectious bacteria.

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http://icanhasscience.com/bacteria/blinged-out-fat-blob-nanotrucks-for-targeted-drug-delivery/

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