A new platform developed at UCSB increases the efficiency of
drug delivery and allows excess particles to be washed away
Scientists at UC Santa Barbara have designed nanoparticle
that has a couple of unique –and important- proporties. Spherical in shape and
silver in composition, it is encased in a shell coated with a peptide that
enables it to target tumor cells. What’s more, the shell is etchable so those
nanoparticles that don’t hit their target can be broken down and eliminated.
The research findings appear today in the journal Nature Materials