Duke develops nano-scale drug delivery for chemotherapy

(Duke University) Duke University bioengineers have developed a simple and inexpensive method for loading cancer drug payloads into nano-scale delivery vehicles and demonstrated in animal models that this new nanoformulation can eliminate tumors after a single treatment.

source : www.eurekalert.org

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