Nanoparticles for In Vivo Tracking
| Title: | Nanoparticles for In Vivo Tracking |
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| Description: | This confocal laser scanning microscopy image shows kidney cancer cells (cell nuclei in blue, cell skeleton in green) labeled by phosphorylcholine-coated semiconducting polymer nanoparticles (red). The phosphorylcholine coating allows very efficient and rapid endocytosis into the cell (about 30 minutes) while the semiconducting polymer allows durable and long-lasting fluorescence to measure multiple biological processes unique to cancer cell sub-types. Cells labeled with this nanoparticle can be imaged in vivo, with only a 35 percent decrease in fluorescence intensity after 12 days. |
| Topics/Categories: |
Cancer Types -- Kidney Cancer Science and Technology -- Nanotechnology |
| Type: | Color, Photo (JPEG format) |
| Source: | National Cancer Institute \ Stanford University |
| Creator: | Kanyi Pu, Adam Shuhendler, Jianghong Rao |
| Date Created: | February 2014 |
| 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. |