Nanoparticles in Brain Metastases
| Title: | Nanoparticles in Brain Metastases |
|---|---|
| Description: |
Cancer that has spread (metastasized) to the brain is normally untreatable because the protective blood-brain barrier blocks entry of most therapeutics. Nanoparticles capable of carrying drugs and "hitchhiking" across the barrier may allow the delivery of life-saving therapies to these tumors. This image shows blood vessels (red), cell nuclei (blue), and human metastatic breast cancer cells (green) in a mouse's brain, after intravenous administration of experimental nanoparticles that can cross the blood-brain barrier. This image is part of the following collections: NCI Cancer Close Up 2017 Nanotechnology Image Library |
| Topics/Categories: |
Cancer Types -- Breast Cancer Science and Technology -- Nanotechnology |
| Type: | Color, Photo |
| Source: | National Cancer Institute \ California Institute of Technology |
| Creator: | Emily Wyatt, Mark Davis |
| Date Created: | July 2016 |
| Date Added: | March 20, 2017 |
| Reuse Restrictions: | None - This image is in the public domain and can be freely reused. Please credit the source and, where possible, the creator listed above. |