Nanoparticles in Glioma Cell Nuclei
| Title: | Nanoparticles in Glioma Cell Nuclei |
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| Description: |
Water-insoluble compounds such as curcumin can be difficult to deliver to cells because they cannot travel through the body's watery environment. Nanotechnologies may be able to transport water-insoluble compounds into cancer cells and may also transport them across the blood-brain barrier, a protective shield around blood vessels in the brain. This image shows that curcumin-conjugated nanoparticles (green) were able to reach the nuclei (blue) of brain tumor cells in mice. 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 \ Henry Ford Hospital |
| Creator: | Meser M. Ali |
| Date Created: | January 2017 |
| 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. |