Nanoparticles Arriving at Target in Brain Cancer Cells
| Title: | Nanoparticles Arriving at Target in Brain Cancer Cells |
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| Description: |
Carefully designed nanoparticles, embellished with a variety of molecules to target a specific organ of interest, can be used to transport hydrophobic drugs to a particular site in the body. Here, gold nanoparticles 5 nanometers in size (dark core) that were coated with Epidermal Growth Factor (EGF) peptides (light shell) are loaded with a fluorescent and photodynamic therapy drug called Pc4. The image shows a nanoparticle arriving to brain glioma tissue (arrow). This image is part of the following collections: NCI Cancer Close Up 2017 Nanotechnology Image Library |
| Topics/Categories: |
Cancer Types -- Brain Cancer Science and Technology -- Nanotechnology |
| Type: | Color, Photo |
| Source: | National Cancer Institute \ Case Western Reserve University |
| Creator: | Joey Mangadlao, Yu Cheng, Xinning Wang, Christopher McCleese, Clemens Burda, James Basilion |
| 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. |